1 Some time after this, as Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria,
2 Ahab said to Naboth, "Give me your vineyard to be my vegetable garden, since it is close by, next to my house. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or, if you prefer, I will give you its value in money."
3 "The LORD forbid," Naboth answered him, "that I should give you my ancestral heritage."
4 Ahab went home disturbed and angry at the answer Naboth the Jezreelite had made to him: "I will not give you my ancestral heritage." Lying down on his bed, he turned away from food and would not eat.
5 His wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, "Why are you so angry that you will not eat?"
6 He answered her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Sell me your vineyard, or, if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in exchange.' But he refused to let me have his vineyard."
7 "A fine ruler over Israel you are indeed!" his wife Jezebel said to him. "Get up. Eat and be cheerful. I will obtain the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you."
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and, having sealed them with his seal, sent them to the elders and to the nobles who lived in the same city with Naboth.
9 This is what she wrote in the letters: "Proclaim a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.
10 Next, get two scoundrels to face him and accuse him of having cursed God and king. Then take him out and stone him to death."
11 His fellow citizens--the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city--did as Jezebel had ordered them in writing, through the letters she had sent them.
12 They proclaimed a fast and placed Naboth at the head of the people.
13 Two scoundrels came in and confronted him with the accusation, "Naboth has cursed God and king." And they led him out of the city and stoned him to death.
14 Then they sent the information to Jezebel that Naboth had been stoned to death.
15 When Jezebel learned that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, "Go on, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite which he refused to sell you, because Naboth is not alive, but dead."
16 On hearing that Naboth was dead, Ahab started off on his way down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
17 But the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite:
18 "Start down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be in the vineyard of Naboth, of which he has come to take possession.
19 This is what you shall tell him, 'The LORD says: After murdering, do you also take possession? For this, the LORD says: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.'"
20 "Have you found me out, my enemy?" Ahab said to Elijah. "Yes," he answered. "Because you have given yourself up to doing evil in the LORD'S sight,
21 I am bringing evil upon you: I will destroy you and will cut off every male in Ahab's line, whether slave or freeman, in Israel.
22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and like that of Baasha, son of Ahijah, because of how you have provoked me by leading Israel into sin."
23 (Against Jezebel, too, the LORD declared, "The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.")
24 "When one of Ahab's line dies in the city, dogs will devour him; when one of them dies in the field, the birds of the sky will devour him."
25 Indeed, no one gave himself up to the doing of evil in the sight of the LORD as did Ahab, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
26 He became completely abominable by following idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.
27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh. He fasted, slept in the sackcloth, and went about subdued.
28 Then the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite,
29 "Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time. I will bring the evil upon his house during the reign of his son."
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1 Kings 21 tells the story of Nabote, a man who had a vineyard desired by King Ahab. When Nabote refused to sell his property, Ahab's wife, Jezebel, conspired to be condemned to death by blasphemy. After Nabote was executed, he took possession of the vineyard. Following are five verses related to the topics addressed in 1 Kings 21:
Proverbs 22:22-23: "Do not steal the poor, because he is poor, nor oppresses the need in court, for the Lord will defend their cause and take the lives of those who take them." This verse relates to the injustice committed against Nabote, who was unjustly killed so that he could take possession of his property.
Isaiah 5:8: "Woe to those who gather house the house, gather field in the field, until there is no place, and you are living alone in the middle of the earth!" This passage relates to the greed of Ahab, who wanted the Naboth vineyard even without needing it.
Jeremiah 22:13-14: "Woe to him who builds his home with injustice, and his superior quarters without right; who serves the work of his neighbor without remunerating him, and does not give him the salary of his work. The one who says to a piece of wood: 'awake!', or a change stone: 'Wake up!' "This verse relates to Jezebel's conspiracy so that Nabote be condemned to death, showing that God opposes those who use The injustice to gain power.
Micah 2:1-2: "Woe to those who plan iniquity, who invent evil in their beds! When the day dawns, they perform it, because they have power in their hands. Cover fields and steal them, houses, and take them ; oppress the owner and his house, man and his inheritance. " This passage relates to Ahab's greed and the way he used his power to take Naboth's vineyard.
Matthew 6:19-21: "Do not accumulate for you treasures on the earth, where the moth and rust destroy, and where the thieves break and steal. But accumulate to you treasures in the heavens, where the trace and rust do not destroy, and Where the thieves do not break or steal. For where your treasure is, then your heart will be. " This passage relates to Ahab's greed, showing that the search for earthly riches can lead to unfair and cruel attitudes.
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