1 Kings 21 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Ahab Covets Naboth's Vineyard

1Ki 21:1Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria.

1Ki 21:2And Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vine-garden so that I may have it for a garden of sweet plants, for it is near my house; and let me give you a better vine-garden in exchange, or, if it seems good to you, let me give you its value in money.

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1Ki 21:3But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.

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1Ki 21:4So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.

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1Ki 21:5But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food?

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1Ki 21:6And he said to her, Because I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, and I said to him, Let me have your vine-garden for a price, or, if it is pleasing to you, I will give you another vine-garden for it: and he said, I will not give you my vine-garden.

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1Ki 21:7Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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1Ki 21:8So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

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1Ki 21:9And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;

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1Ki 21:10And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.

Jezebel's Plot

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1Ki 21:11So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.

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1Ki 21:12They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.

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1Ki 21:13And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

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1Ki 21:14And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.

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1Ki 21:15Then Jezebel, hearing that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, said to Ahab, Get up and take as your heritage the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he would not give you for money, for Naboth is no longer living but is dead.

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1Ki 21:16So Ahab, hearing that Naboth was dead, went down to the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite to take it as his heritage.

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1Ki 21:17And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

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1Ki 21:18Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.

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1Ki 21:19Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

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1Ki 21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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1Ki 21:21See, I will send evil on you and put an end to you completely, cutting off from Ahab every male child, him who is shut up and him who goes free in Israel;

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1Ki 21:22And I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the family of Baasha, the son of Ahijah, because you have made me angry, and have made Israel do evil.

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1Ki 21:23And of Jezebel the Lord said, Jezebel will become food for dogs in the heritage of Jezreel.

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1Ki 21:24Any man of the family of Ahab who comes to his death in the town will become food for the dogs; and he who comes to his death in the open country will be food for the birds of the air.

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1Ki 21:25(There was no one like Ahab, who gave himself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moved to it by Jezebel his wife.

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1Ki 21:26He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)

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1Ki 21:27Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.

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1Ki 21:28Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

1Ki 21:29

1Ki 21:29Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.

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Ahab Covets Naboth's Vineyard

Jezebel's Plot

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