1 Kings 21:5–24

⁵But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? ⁶And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. ⁷And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let ^ethine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. ⁸So she wrote letters ^fin Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto ^gthe elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. ⁹And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: ¹⁰and set two men, ^hsons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, ⁱThou didst ^jblaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. ¹¹And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. ^12kThey proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. ¹³And there came in two men, ^gchildren of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did ^jblaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. ¹⁴Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. ¹⁵And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. ¹⁶And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

¹⁷And ^lthe word of the Lord came to Elijah ^mthe Tishbite, saying, ¹⁸Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in ⁿSamaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. ¹⁹And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, ^oIn the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. ²⁰And Ahab said to Elijah, ^pHast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast ^qsold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, ²¹behold, ^rI will bring evil upon thee, and will take away ^sthy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab ^thim that pisseth against the wall, and ^uhim that is shut up and left in Israel, ²²and will make thine house like ^xthe house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like ^ythe house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and ^zmade Israel to sin. ²³And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, ^aThe dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. ^24bHim that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.