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1 Kings 21 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Ahab Covets Naboth’s Vineyard

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 these H428 things H1697 that Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158 had H1961 a vineyard H3754 which H834 was in Jezreel H3157 beside H681 the palace H1964 of Ahab H256, the king H4428 of Samaria H8111.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - And Ahab H256 spoke H1696 to Naboth H5022, saying H559, “Give H5414 me your vineyard H3754 so that I may have H1961 it for a vegetable H3419 garden H1588, because H3588 it is close H7138 beside H681 my house H1004, and I will give H5414 you a better H2896 H4480 vineyard H3754 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 it; if H518 [fn]you prefer H2896 H5869, I will give H5414 you what H4242 [fn]it is H4242 worth H4242 in money H3701.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - But Naboth H5022 said H559 to Ahab H256, “The LORD H3068 forbid H2486 me that I would give H5414 you the inheritance H5159 of my fathers H1!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - So Ahab H256 entered H935 his house H1004 sullen H5620 and furious H2198 because H5921 of the [fn]answer H1697 that Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158 had given H1696 to him, since he said H559, “I will not give H5414 you the inheritance H5159 of my fathers H1.” And he lay H7901 down H7901 on his bed H4296 and turned H5437 his face H6440 away H5437, and ate H398 no H3808 [fn]food H3899.

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But Jezebel H348 his wife H802 came H935 to him and said H1696 to him, “How H4100 is it that your spirit H7307 is so sullen H5620 that you are not eating H398 [fn]food H3899?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:6 - So he said H1696 to her, “It is because H3588 I was speaking H1696 to Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158 and saying H559 to him, ‘Give H5414 me your vineyard H3754 for money H3701; or H176 else, if H518 it pleases H2655 you, I will give H5414 you a vineyard H3754 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 it.’ But he said H559, ‘I will not give H5414 you my vineyard H3754.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:7 - Jezebel H348 his wife H802 said H559 to him, “Do you now H6258 [fn]reign H6213 H4410 over H5921 Israel H3478? Arise H6965, eat H398 bread H3899, and let your heart H3820 be H3190 joyful H3190; I will give H5414 you the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158.”

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So she wrote H3789 letters H5612 in Ahab’s H256 name H8034 and sealed H2856 them with his seal H2368, and sent H7971 the letters H5612 to the elders H2205 and to the nobles H2715 who H834 were living H3427 with Naboth H5022 in his city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - Now she had written H3789 in the letters H5612, saying H559, “Proclaim H7121 a fast H6685 and seat H3427 Naboth H5022 at the head H7218 of the people H5971;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:10 - and seat H3427 two H8147 worthless H1100 men H376 opposite H5048 him, and have them testify H5749 against him, saying H559, ‘You [fn]cursed H1288 God H430 and the king H4428.’ Then take H3318 him out H3318 and stone H5619 him [fn]to death H4191.”

Jezebel’s Plot

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So the men H376 of his city H5892, the elders H2205 and the nobles H2715 who H834 lived H3427 in his city H5892, did H6213 just H834 as H834 Jezebel H348 had sent H7971 word to them, just H834 as H834 it was written H3789 in the letters H5612 which H834 she had sent H7971 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - They proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685, and seated H3427 Naboth H5022 at the head H7218 of the people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:13 - Then the two H8147 worthless H1100 men H376 came H935 in H935 and sat H3427 opposite H5048 him; and the worthless H1100 men H376 testified H5749 against him, against Naboth H5022, before H5048 the people H5971, saying H559, “Naboth H5022 [fn]cursed H1288 God H430 and the king H4428.” So they took H3318 him outside H4480 H2351 the city H5892 and stoned H5619 him [fn]to death H4191 with stones H68.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:14 - Then they sent H7971 word to Jezebel H348, saying H559, “Naboth H5022 has been stoned H5619 and is dead H4191.”

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And when Jezebel H348 heard H8085 that Naboth H5022 had been stoned H5619 and was dead H4191, Jezebel H348 said H559 to Ahab H256, “Arise H6965, take H3423 possession H3423 of the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022, the Jezreelite H3158, which H834 he refused H3985 to give H5414 you for money H3701; for Naboth H5022 is not alive H2416, but dead H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - When Ahab H256 heard H8085 that Naboth H5022 was dead H4191, Ahab H256 got H6965 up H6965 to go H3381 down H3381 to the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158, to take H3423 possession H3423 of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:17

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Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Elijah H452 the Tishbite H8664, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18 - “Arise H6965, go H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478, who H834 is in Samaria H8111; behold H2009, he is in the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022, where H834 H8033 he has gone H3381 down H3381 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “And you shall speak H1696 to him, saying H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Have you murdered H7523 and also H1571 taken H3423 possession H3423?”’ And you shall speak H1696 to him, saying H559, ‘The LORD H3068 says H559 this H3541: “In the place H4725 where H834 the dogs H3611 licked H3952 up H3952 the blood H1818 of Naboth H5022, the dogs H3611 will lick H3952 up H3952 your blood H1818, yours H859 as H1571 well H1571.”’”

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Then Ahab H256 said H559 to Elijah H452, “Have you found H4672 me, enemy H340 of mine?” And he [fn]answered H559, “I have found H4672 you, because H3282 you have given H4376 yourself over H4376 to do H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - “Behold H2009, I am bringing H935 disaster H7451 upon you, and I will utterly H1197 sweep H1197 you away H1197, and will eliminate H3772 from Ahab H256 every H8366 male H8366 H7023, both [fn]bond H6113 and free H5800 in Israel H3478;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - and I will make H5414 your house H1004 like the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, and like the house H1004 of Baasha H1201 the son H1121 of Ahijah H281, because H413 of the provocation H3708 with which H834 you have provoked H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707, and because you have misled H2398 Israel H3478 into H2398 sin H2398.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - “The LORD H3068 has also H1571 spoken H1696 of Jezebel H348, saying H559, ‘The dogs H3611 will eat H398 Jezebel H348 in the [fn]territory H2426 of Jezreel H3157.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - “The one belonging to Ahab H256, who dies H4191 in the city H5892, the dogs H3611 will eat H398; and the one who dies H4191 in the field H7704, the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 will eat H398.”

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There certainly H7534 was no H3808 one like Ahab H256 who H834 gave H4376 himself over H4376 to do H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, [fn]because H834 Jezebel H348 his wife H802 incited H5496 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26 - He also acted H8581 very H3966 despicably H8581 in following H1980 H310 idols H1544, conforming to everything H3605 that the Amorites H567 had done H6213, whom H834 the LORD H3068 drove H3423 out H3423 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Yet it came H1961 about H1961, when Ahab H256 heard H8085 these H428 words H1697, that he tore H7167 his clothes H899 and put H7760 [fn]on sackcloth H8242 and fasted H6684, and he lay H7901 in sackcloth H8242 and went H1980 about H1980 despondently H328.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:28 - Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Elijah H452 the Tishbite H8664, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:29 - “Do you see H7200 how H3588 Ahab H256 has humbled H3665 himself before H4480 H6440 Me? Because H3282 H3588 he has humbled H3665 himself before H6440 Me, I will not bring H935 the disaster H7451 in his days H3117; I will bring H935 the disaster H7451 upon his house H1004 in his son’s H1121 days H3117.”
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit it is good in your eyes
Lit this
Lit word...had spoken to him
Lit bread
Lit bread
Lit exercise kingship
Lit blessed, an ancient euphemism to avoid any mention of the cursing of God
Lit so that he dies
See note 1 v 10
Lit with stones so that he died
Lit said
Or child and adult
As in some mss and ancient versions; MT rampart
Or whom Jezebel his wife
Lit sackcloth on his flesh
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