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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Kings 21 YLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_kings/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_kings/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">YLT</a> > 1 Kings 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/20.htm" title="1 Kings 20">◄</a> 1 Kings 21 <a href="../1_kings/22.htm" title="1 Kings 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Young's Literal Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Ahab Covets Naboth's Vineyard</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that [is] in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, ‘Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it [is] near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver — its price.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Naboth saith unto Ahab, ‘Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, ‘I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,’ and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, ‘What [is] this? — thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he saith unto her, ‘Because I speak unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and say to him, Give to me thy vineyard for money, or if thou desire, I give to thee a vineyard in its stead; and he saith, I do not give to thee my vineyard.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, ‘Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad, — I do give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in his city, those dwelling with Naboth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and she writeth in the letters, saying, ‘Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and cause two men — sons of worthlessness — to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.’</p> <p class="hdg">Jezebel's Plot</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and two men — sons of worthlessness — come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, ‘Naboth blessed God and Melech;’ and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and they send unto Jezebel, saying, ‘Naboth was stoned, and is dead.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel’s hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel saith unto Ahab, ‘Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to thee for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And it cometh to pass, at Ahab’s hearing that Naboth is dead, that Ahab riseth to go down unto the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to possess it.</p> <p class="hdg">Elijah Denounces Ahab and Jezebel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>‘Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who [is] in Samaria, — lo, in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he hath gone down to possess it, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Ahab saith unto Elijah, ‘Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?’ and he saith, ‘I have found — because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>lo, I am bringing in unto thee evil, and have taken away thy posterity, and cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and given up thy house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which thou hast provoked [Me], and dost cause Israel to sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>‘And also of Jezebel hath Jehovah spoken, saying, The dogs do eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>him who dieth of Ahab in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens eat;</p> <p class="hdg">Ahab's Repentance</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>surely there hath none been like Ahab, who sold himself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife hath moved, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And it cometh to pass, at Ahab’s hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>‘Hast thou seen that Ahab hath been humbled before Me? 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