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And he laid him down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you refuse to eat food? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>And 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 please you, I will give you another vineyard for it, better than it; but he answered, I will not give you my vineyard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And Jezebel his wife said to him, Are you really king over Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>So she wrote a letter in Ahab's name and sealed it with his ring, and sent the letter to the elders and to the nobles who dwelt in the city with Naboth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>And she wrote in the letter, saying, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Then bring two wicked men and set them opposite him, and let them testify against him, saying, Naboth has reviled God and the king. And then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in the city with Naboth, did as Jezebel had sent to them and as it was written in the letter which she had sent to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth on high among the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And they brought two wicked men, and seated them opposite him; and the wicked men witnessed against Naboth, saying, Naboth reviled God and the king. Then they took him outside the city and stoned him, so that he died. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned, and he is dead.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>And when Jezebel heard that Naboth 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>And 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.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, for he has gone there to possess it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>And you shall say to him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, you have killed, and, behold, you have also taken possession; thus says the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you because you have exalted yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will pluck one by one your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male child and every one who has authority in governing Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>And 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 wherewith you have provoked me to anger and made Israel to sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>And of Jezebel also the LORD spoke, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the inheritance which is in Jezreel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city shall the dogs eat; and anyone who dies in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>But there was none like Ahab, who thought to do evil in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife incited. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>And he did very abominably in following idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-27.htm#aramaic"><b>27</b></a></span>And when Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth upon his body and fasted and lay in sackcloth and walked barefooted. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-28.htm#aramaic"><b>28</b></a></span>And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-29.htm#aramaic"><b>29</b></a></span>Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled 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.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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