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1 Kings 21 (WEBP)

[1] After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
[2] Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
[3] Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
[4] Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
[5] But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?”
[6] He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
[7] Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
[8] So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
[9] She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
[10] Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
[11] The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them.
[12] They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
[13] The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
[14] Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
[15] When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
[16] When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
[17] Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
[18] “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
[19] You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
[20] Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight.
[21] Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
[22] I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”
[23] Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
[24] The dogs will eat whoever dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the field.”
[25] But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
[26] He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
[27] When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.
[28] Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
[29] “See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”

1 Kings 21:21 or, male

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Kings 21 (KJVS)

[1] And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
[2] And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
[3] And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
[4] And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
[5] But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
[6] And 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.
[7] And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
[8] So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
[9] And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
[10] and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
[11] And 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.
[12] They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
[13] And there came in two men, children 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 blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
[14] Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
[15] And 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.
[16] And 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.
[17] And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
[18] Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
[19] And 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, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
[20] And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.
[21] Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
[22] and will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
[23] And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
[24] Him 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.
[25] But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
[26] And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
[27] And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
[28] And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
[29] Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.

1 Kings 21:2 Heb. be good in thine eyes
1 Kings 21:9 Heb. in the top of the people
1 Kings 21:23 Or, ditch
1 Kings 21:25 Or, incited

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Kings 21 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἀμπελὼν () εἷς () ἦν () τῷ () Ναβουθαι τῷ () Ιεζραηλίτῃ παρὰ () τῷ () ἅλῳ () Αχααβ βασιλέως () Σαμαρείας. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () Αχααβ πρὸς () Ναβουθαι λέγων () Δός () μοι () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνά () σου () καὶ () ἔσται () μοι () εἰς () κῆπον () λαχάνων, () ὅτι () ἐγγίων () οὗτος () τῷ () οἴκῳ () μου, () καὶ () δώσω () σοι () ἀμπελῶνα () ἄλλον () ἀγαθὸν () ὑπὲρ () αὐτόν· () εἰ () δὲ () ἀρέσκει () ἐνώπιόν () σου, () δώσω () σοι () ἀργύριον () ἀντάλλαγμα () τοῦ () ἀμπελῶνός () σου () τούτου, () καὶ () ἔσται () μοι () εἰς () κῆπον () λαχάνων. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ναβουθαι πρὸς () Αχααβ Μή () μοι () γένοιτο () παρὰ () θεοῦ () μου () δοῦναι () κληρονομίαν () πατέρων () μου () σοί. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () τὸ () πνεῦμα () Αχααβ τεταραγμένον, () καὶ () ἐκοιμήθη () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κλίνης () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () συνεκάλυψεν () τὸ () πρώσωπον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔφαγεν () ἄρτον. ()
[5] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () Ιεζαβελ ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Τί () τὸ () πνεῦμά () σου () τεταραγμένον () καὶ () οὐκ () εἶ () σὺ () ἐσθίων () ἄρτον; ()
[6] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτήν () Ὅτι () ἐλάλησα () πρὸς () Ναβουθαι τὸν () Ιεζραηλίτην λέγων () Δός () μοι () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνά () σου () ἀργυρίου· () εἰ () δὲ () βούλει, () δώσω () σοι () ἀμπελῶνα () ἄλλον () ἀντ’ () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () εἶπεν () Οὐ () δώσω () σοι () κληρονομίαν () πατέρων () μου. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Ιεζαβελ ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () Σὺ () νῦν () οὕτως () ποιεῖς () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ; () Ἀνάστηθι () φάγε () ἄρτον () καὶ () σαυτοῦ () γενοῦ· () ἐγὼ () δώσω () σοι () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνα () Ναβουθαι τοῦ () Ιεζραηλίτου.
[8] Καὶ () ἔγραψεν () βιβλίον () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () Αχααβ καὶ () ἐσφραγίσατο () τῇ () σφραγῖδι () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () τὸ () βιβλίον () πρὸς () τοὺς () πρεσβυτέρους () καὶ () τοὺς () ἐλευθέρους () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () μετὰ () Ναβουθαι.
[9] Καὶ () ἐγέγραπτο () ἐν () τοῖς () βιβλίοις () λέγων () Νηστεύσατε () νηστείαν () καὶ () καθίσατε () τὸν () Ναβουθαι ἐν () ἀρχῇ () τοῦ () λαοῦ· ()
[10] καὶ () ἐγκαθίσατε δύο () ἄνδρας () υἱοὺς () παρανόμων ἐξ () ἐναντίας () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () καταμαρτυρησάτωσαν () αὐτοῦ () λέγοντες () Ηὐλόγησεν () θεὸν () καὶ () βασιλέα· () καὶ () ἐξαγαγέτωσαν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () λιθοβολησάτωσαν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἀποθανέτω. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐποίησαν () οἱ () ἄνδρες () τῆς () πόλεως () αὐτοῦ () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () καὶ () οἱ () ἐλεύθεροι () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει () αὐτοῦ () καθὰ () ἀπέστειλεν () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () Ιεζαβελ, καθὰ () γέγραπται () ἐν () τοῖς () βιβλίοις, () οἷς () ἀπέστειλεν () πρὸς () αὐτούς. ()
[12] Ἐκάλεσαν () νηστείαν () καὶ () ἐκάθισαν () τὸν () Ναβουθαι ἐν () ἀρχῇ () τοῦ () λαοῦ, ()
[13] καὶ () ἦλθον () δύο () ἄνδρες () υἱοὶ () παρανόμων καὶ () ἐκάθισαν () ἐξ () ἐναντίας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () κατεμαρτύρησαν () αὐτοῦ () λέγοντες () Ηὐλόγηκας () θεὸν () καὶ () βασιλέα· () καὶ () ἐξήγαγον () αὐτὸν () ἔξω () τῆς () πόλεως () καὶ () ἐλιθοβόλησαν () αὐτὸν () λίθοις, () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλαν () πρὸς () Ιεζαβελ λέγοντες () Λελιθοβόληται () Ναβουθαι καὶ () τέθνηκεν. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () ἤκουσεν () Ιεζαβελ, καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () Αχααβ Ἀνάστα () κληρονόμει () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνα () Ναβουθαι τοῦ () Ιεζραηλίτου, ὃς () οὐκ () ἔδωκέν () σοι () ἀργυρίου, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () Ναβουθαι ζῶν, () ὅτι () τέθνηκεν. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () ἤκουσεν () Αχααβ ὅτι () τέθνηκεν () Ναβουθαι ὁ () Ιεζραηλίτης, καὶ () διέρρηξεν () τὰ () ἱμάτια () ἑαυτοῦ () καὶ () περιεβάλετο () σάκκον· () καὶ () ἐγένετο () μετὰ () ταῦτα () καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () κατέβη () Αχααβ εἰς () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνα () Ναβουθαι τοῦ () Ιεζραηλίτου κληρονομῆσαι () αὐτόν. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Ηλιου τὸν () Θεσβίτην λέγων ()
[18] Ἀνάστηθι () καὶ () κατάβηθι () εἰς () ἀπαντὴν Αχααβ βασιλέως () Ισραηλ () τοῦ () ἐν () Σαμαρείᾳ· () ἰδοὺ () οὗτος () ἐν () ἀμπελῶνι () Ναβουθαι, ὅτι () καταβέβηκεν () ἐκεῖ () κληρονομῆσαι () αὐτόν. ()
[19] Καὶ () λαλήσεις () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () λέγων () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ὡς () σὺ () ἐφόνευσας () καὶ () ἐκληρονόμησας, () διὰ () τοῦτο () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ἐν () παντὶ () τόπῳ, () ᾧ () ἔλειξαν αἱ () ὕες () καὶ () οἱ () κύνες () τὸ () αἷμα () Ναβουθαι, ἐκεῖ () λείξουσιν οἱ () κύνες () τὸ () αἷμά () σου, () καὶ () αἱ () πόρναι () λούσονται () ἐν () τῷ () αἵματί () σου. ()
[20] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Αχααβ πρὸς () Ηλιου Εἰ () εὕρηκάς () με, () ὁ () ἐχθρός () μου; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Εὕρηκα, () διότι () μάτην () πέπρασαι () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () παροργίσαι () αὐτόν. ()
[21] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἐπάγω () ἐπὶ () σὲ () κακὰ () καὶ () ἐκκαύσω () ὀπίσω () σου () καὶ () ἐξολεθρεύσω () τοῦ () Αχααβ οὐροῦντα πρὸς () τοῖχον () καὶ () συνεχόμενον () καὶ () ἐγκαταλελειμμένον () ἐν () Ισραηλ· ()
[22] καὶ () δώσω () τὸν () οἶκόν () σου () ὡς () τὸν () οἶκον () Ιεροβοαμ υἱοῦ () Ναβατ καὶ () ὡς () τὸν () οἶκον () Βαασα υἱοῦ () Αχια περὶ () τῶν () παροργισμάτων, ὧν () παρώργισας () καὶ () ἐξήμαρτες τὸν () Ισραηλ. ()
[23] Καὶ () τῇ () Ιεζαβελ ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () λέγων () Οἱ () κύνες () καταφάγονται () αὐτὴν () ἐν () τῷ () προτειχίσματι Ιεζραελ.
[24] Τὸν () τεθνηκότα () τοῦ () Αχααβ ἐν () τῇ () πόλει () φάγονται () οἱ () κύνες, () καὶ () τὸν () τεθνηκότα () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () πεδίῳ φάγονται () τὰ () πετεινὰ τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ. ()
[25] Πλὴν () ματαίως Αχααβ ὡς () ἐπράθη () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου, () ὡς () μετέθηκεν () αὐτὸν () Ιεζαβελ ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ· ()
[26] καὶ () ἐβδελύχθη () σφόδρα () πορεύεσθαι () ὀπίσω () τῶν () βδελυγμάτων () κατὰ () πάντα, () ἃ () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () Αμορραῖος, ὃν () ἐξωλέθρευσεν () κύριος () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ. ()
[27] Καὶ () ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () λόγου, () ὡς () κατενύγη () Αχααβ ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () ἐπορεύετο () κλαίων () καὶ () διέρρηξεν () τὸν () χιτῶνα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐζώσατο () σάκκον () ἐπὶ () τὸ () σῶμα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐνήστευσεν () καὶ () περιεβάλετο () σάκκον () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () ᾗ () ἐπάταξεν () Ναβουθαι τὸν () Ιεζραηλίτην,
[28] καὶ () ἐγένετο () ῥῆμα () κυρίου () ἐν () χειρὶ () δούλου () αὐτοῦ () Ηλιου περὶ () Αχααβ, καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος ()
[29] Ἑώρακας () ὡς () κατενύγη () Αχααβ ἀπὸ () προσώπου () μου; () Οὐκ () ἐπάξω () τὴν () κακίαν () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () αὐτοῦ, () ἀλλ’ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () τοῦ () υἱοῦ () αὐτοῦ () ἐπάξω () τὴν () κακίαν. ()

1 Kings 21:1 Originally verse 20:1.
1 Kings 21:2 Originally verse 20:2.
1 Kings 21:3 Originally verse 20:3.
1 Kings 21:4 Originally verse 20:4.
1 Kings 21:5 Originally verse 20:5.
1 Kings 21:6 Originally verse 20:6.
1 Kings 21:7 Originally verse 20:7.
1 Kings 21:8 Originally verse 20:8.
1 Kings 21:9 Originally verse 20:9.
1 Kings 21:10 Originally verse 20:10.
1 Kings 21:11 Originally verse 20:11.
1 Kings 21:12 Originally verse 20:12.
1 Kings 21:13 Originally verse 20:13.
1 Kings 21:14 Originally verse 20:14.
1 Kings 21:15 Originally verse 20:15.
1 Kings 21:16 Originally verse 20:16.
1 Kings 21:17 Originally verse 20:17.
1 Kings 21:18 Originally verse 20:18.
1 Kings 21:19 Originally verse 20:19.
1 Kings 21:20 Originally verse 20:20.
1 Kings 21:21 Originally verse 20:21.
1 Kings 21:22 Originally verse 20:22.
1 Kings 21:23 Originally verse 20:23.
1 Kings 21:24 Originally verse 20:24.
1 Kings 21:25 Originally verse 20:25.
1 Kings 21:26 Originally verse 20:26.
1 Kings 21:27 Originally verse 20:27.
1 Kings 21:28 Originally verse 20:28.
1 Kings 21:29 Originally verse 20:29.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.