<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s>, that <sn="5022">Naboth</s> the <sn="3158">Jezreelite</s><sn="1961">had</s> a <sn="3754">vineyard</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was in <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>, <sn="681">hard</s> by the <sn="1964">palace</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5022">Naboth</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="5414">Give</s> me <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="3754">vineyard</s>, that I may <sn="1961">have</s> it for a <sn="1588">garden</s> of <sn="3419">herbs</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">it</s> is near <sn="7138 681">unto</s> my <sn="1004">house</s>: and I will <sn="5414">give</s> thee <sn="8478">for</s> it a <sn="2896">better</s><sn="3754">vineyard</s><sn="4480">than</s> it; or, <sn="518">if</s> it seem good to <sn="2895 5869">thee</s>, I will <sn="5414">give</s> thee the <sn="4242">worth</s> of <sn="2088">it</s> in <sn="3701">money</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="5022">Naboth</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="256">Ahab</s>, The <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s><sn="2486">forbid</s> it me, that I should <sn="4480 5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5159">inheritance</s> of my <sn="1">fathers</s> unto thee. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">into</s> his <sn="1004">house</s><sn="5620">heavy</s> and <sn="2198">displeased</s><sn="5921">because</s> of the <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="5022">Naboth</s> the <sn="3158">Jezreelite</s> had <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">to</s> him: for he had <sn="559">said</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> thee <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5159">inheritance</s> of my <sn="1">fathers</s>. And he laid him <sn="7901">down</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="4296">bed</s>, and turned <sn="5437">away</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6440">face</s>, and would <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>But <sn="348">Jezebel</s> his <sn="802">wife</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> him, and <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="4100 2088">Why</s> is thy <sn="7307">spirit</s> so <sn="5620">sad</s>, that thou <sn="398">eatest</s><sn="369">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="3588">Because</s> I <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5022">Naboth</s> the <sn="3158">Jezreelite</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="5414">Give</s> me <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="3754">vineyard</s> for <sn="3701">money</s>; <sn="176">or</s> else, <sn="518">if</s> it <sn="2654">please</s><sn="859">thee</s>, I will <sn="5414">give</s> thee another <sn="3754">vineyard</s><sn="8478">for</s> it: and he <sn="559">answered</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> thee <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="3754">vineyard</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="348">Jezebel</s> his <sn="802">wife</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Dost <sn="859">thou</s><sn="6258">now</s><sn="6213 5921">govern</s> the <sn="4410">kingdom</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? <sn="6965">arise</s>, and <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, and let thine <sn="3820">heart</s> be <sn="3190">merry</s>: <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="5414">give</s> thee <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3754">vineyard</s> of <sn="5022">Naboth</s> the <sn="3158">Jezreelite</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>So she <sn="3789">wrote</s><sn="5612">letters</s> in <sn="256">Ahab</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s>, and <sn="2856">sealed</s> them with his <sn="2368">seal</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s> the <sn="5612">letters</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="2715">nobles</s><sn="834">that</s> were in his <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="3427">dwelling</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="5022">Naboth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And she <sn="3789">wrote</s> in the <sn="5612">letters</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7121">Proclaim</s> a <sn="6685">fast</s>, and <sn="3427">set</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5022">Naboth</s> on <sn="7218">high</s> among the <sn="5971">people</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="3427">set</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="376">men</s>, <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s>, <sn="5048">before</s> him, to bear witness <sn="5749">against</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, Thou didst <sn="1288">blaspheme</s><sn="430">God</s> and the <sn="4428">king</s>. And then carry him <sn="3318">out</s>, and <sn="5619">stone</s> him, that he may <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of his <sn="5892">city</s>, even the <sn="2205">elders</s> and the <sn="2715">nobles</s><sn="834">who</s> were the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> in his <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="6213">did</s><sn="834">as</s><sn="348">Jezebel</s> had <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, and <sn="834">as</s> it was <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="5612">letters</s><sn="834">which</s> she had <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> them. </v>
<vn='12'>They <sn="7121">proclaimed</s> a <sn="6685">fast</s>, and <sn="3427">set</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5022">Naboth</s> on <sn="7218">high</s> among the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And there came <sn="935">in</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="376">men</s>, <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5048">before</s> him: and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s> witnessed <sn="5749">against</s> him, even against <sn="*853"></s><sn="5022">Naboth</s>, in the <sn="5048">presence</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="5022">Naboth</s> did <sn="1288">blaspheme</s><sn="430">God</s> and the <sn="4428">king</s>. Then they carried him <sn="3318">forth</s> out <sn="4480 2351">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="5619">stoned</s> him with <sn="68">stones</s>, that he <sn="4191">died</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then they <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="348">Jezebel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="5022">Naboth</s> is <sn="5619">stoned</s>, and is <sn="4191">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="348">Jezebel</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="5022">Naboth</s> was <sn="5619">stoned</s>, and was <sn="4191">dead</s>, that <sn="348">Jezebel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="256">Ahab</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, take <sn="3423">possession</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3754">vineyard</s> of <sn="5022">Naboth</s> the <sn="3158">Jezreelite</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="3985">refused</s> to <sn="5414">give</s> thee for <sn="3701">money</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5022">Naboth</s> is <sn="369">not</s><sn="2416">alive</s>, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="4191">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="5022">Naboth</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, that <sn="256">Ahab</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> to go <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3754">vineyard</s> of <sn="5022">Naboth</s> the <sn="3158">Jezreelite</s>, to take <sn="3423">possession</s> of it. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="452">Elijah</s> the <sn="8664">Tishbite</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='18'><sn="6965">Arise</s>, go <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="7121">meet</s><sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, he is in the <sn="3754">vineyard</s> of <sn="5022">Naboth</s>, <sn="834 8033">whither</s> he is gone <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="3423">possess</s> it. </v>
<vn='19'>And thou shalt <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Hast thou <sn="7523">killed</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s> taken <sn="3423">possession</s>? And thou shalt <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, In the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">where</s><sn="3611">dogs</s><sn="3952">licked</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> of <sn="5022">Naboth</s> shall <sn="3611">dogs</s><sn="3952">lick</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1818">blood</s>, <sn="1571">even</s><sn="859">thine</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, Hast thou <sn="4672">found</s> me, O mine <sn="341">enemy</s>? And he <sn="559">answered</s>, I have <sn="4672">found</s> thee: <sn="3282">because</s> thou hast <sn="4376">sold</s> thyself to <sn="6213">work</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="413">upon</s> thee, and will take <sn="1197">away</s> thy <sn="310">posterity</s>, and will cut <sn="3772">off</s> from <sn="256">Ahab</s> him that <sn="8366">pisseth</s> against the <sn="7023">wall</s>, and him that is shut <sn="6113">up</s> and <sn="5800">left</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='22'>And will <sn="5414">make</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="1004">house</s> like the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, and like the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1201">Baasha</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="281">Ahijah</s>, <sn="413">for</s> the <sn="3708">provocation</s><sn="834">wherewith</s> thou hast provoked me to <sn="3707">anger</s>, and made Israel to <sn="2398 *853 3478">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And of <sn="348">Jezebel</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="1696">spoke</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3611">dogs</s> shall <sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="348">Jezebel</s> by the <sn="2426">wall</s> of <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Him that <sn="4191">dieth</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> the <sn="3611">dogs</s> shall <sn="398">eat</s>; and him that <sn="4191">dieth</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s> shall the <sn="5775">fowls</s> of the <sn="8064">air</s><sn="398">eat</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="7535">But</s> there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">none</s> like unto <sn="256">Ahab</s>, <sn="834">which</s> did sell <sn="4376">himself</s> to <sn="6213">work</s><sn="7451">wickedness</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834 *853">whom</s><sn="348">Jezebel</s> his <sn="802">wife</s> stirred <sn="5496">up</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And he did <sn="3966">very</s><sn="8581">abominably</s> in <sn="1980 310">following</s><sn="1544">idols</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s> things <sn="834">as</s><sn="6213">did</s> the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> cast <sn="3423">out</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">those</s><sn="1697">words</s>, that he <sn="7167">rent</s> his <sn="899">clothes</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="8242">sackcloth</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="1320">flesh</s>, and <sn="6684">fasted</s>, and <sn="7901">lay</s> in <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="328">softly</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="452">Elijah</s> the <sn="8664">Tishbite</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='29'><sn="7200">Seest</s> thou <sn="3588">how</s><sn="256">Ahab</s> humbleth <sn="3665">himself</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> me? <sn="3282 3588">because</s> he humbleth <sn="3665">himself</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> me, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">bring</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s> in his <sn="3117">days</s>: but in his <sn="1121">son</s> 's <sn="3117">days</s> will I <sn="935">bring</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>