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 post verba autem haec
vinea erat Naboth Hiezrahelitae qui erat in Hiezrahel
iuxta palatium Ahab regis Samariae
2 locutus est ergo Ahab ad Naboth dicens
da mihi vineam tuam ut faciam mihi hortum holerum
quia vicina est et prope domum meam
daboque tibi pro ea vineam meliorem
aut si tibi commodius putas argenti pretium quanto digna
est
3 cui respondit Naboth propitius mihi sit Dominus
ne dem hereditatem patrum meorum tibi
4 venit ergo Ahab in domum suam indignans et frendens
super verbo quod locutus fuerat ad eum Naboth Hiezrahelites dicens
non do tibi hereditatem patrum meorum
et proiciens se in lectulum suum
avertit faciem ad parietem et non comedit panem
5 ingressa est autem ad eum Hiezabel uxor sua dixitque ei
quid est hoc unde anima tua contristata est
et quare non comedis panem
6 qui respondit ei locutus sum Naboth Hiezrahelitae et dixi ei
da mihi vineam tuam accepta pecunia
aut si tibi placet dabo tibi vineam pro ea
et ille ait non do tibi vineam meam
7 dixit ergo ad eum Hiezabel uxor eius
grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum
Israhel
surge et comede panem et aequo esto animo
ego dabo tibi vineam Naboth Hiezrahelitae
8 scripsit itaque litteras ex nomine Ahab et signavit eas anulo eius
et misit ad maiores natu et ad optimates
qui erant in civitate eius et habitabant cum Naboth
9 litterarum autem erat ista sententia
praedicate ieiunium et sedere facite Naboth inter primos populi
10 et submittite duos viros filios Belial contra eum
et falsum testimonium dicant benedixit Deum et regem
et educite eum et lapidate sicque moriatur
11 fecerunt ergo cives eius maiores natu et optimates
qui habitabant cum eo in urbe
sicut praeceperat eis Hiezabel
et sicut scriptum erat in litteris quas miserat ad eos
12 praedicaverunt ieiunium
et sedere fecerunt Naboth inter primos populi
13 et adductis duobus viris filiis diaboli
fecerunt eos sedere contra eum
at illi scilicet ut viri diabolici dixerunt contra eum testimonium
coram multitudine
benedixit Naboth Deo et regi
quam ob rem eduxerunt eum extra civitatem
et lapidibus interfecerunt
14 miseruntque ad Hiezabel dicentes
lapidatus est Naboth et mortuus est
15 factum est autem cum audisset Hiezabel lapidatum Naboth et mortuum
locuta est ad Ahab surge posside vineam Naboth
Hiezrahelitae
qui noluit tibi adquiescere et dare eam accepta pecunia
non enim vivit Naboth sed mortuus est
16 quod cum audisset Ahab mortuum videlicet Naboth
surrexit et descendebat in vineam Naboth Hiezrahelitae
ut possideret eam
17 factus est igitur sermo Domini ad Heliam Thesbiten dicens
18 surge et descende in occursum Ahab regis Israhel
qui est in Samaria
ecce ad vineam Naboth descendit ut possideat eam
19 et loqueris ad eum dicens haec dicit Dominus
occidisti insuper et possedisti
et post haec addes haec dicit Dominus
in loco hoc in quo linxerunt canes sanguinem Naboth
lambent tuum quoque sanguinem
20 et ait Ahab ad Heliam
num invenisti me inimice mee
qui dixit inveni
eo quod venundatus sis ut faceres malum in conspectu Domini
21 ecce ego inducam super te malum et demetam posteriora tua
et interficiam de Ahab mingentem ad parietem
et clausum et ultimum in Israhel
22 et dabo domum tuam sicut domum Hieroboam filii Nabath
et sicut domum Baasa filii Ahia
quia egisti ut me ad iracundiam provocares et peccare fecisti Israhel
23 sed et de Hiezabel locutus est Dominus dicens
canes comedent Hiezabel in agro Hiezrahel
24 si mortuus fuerit Ahab in civitate comedent eum canes
si autem mortuus fuerit in agro comedent eum volucres caeli
25 igitur non fuit alter talis ut Ahab
qui venundatus est ut faceret malum in conspectu Domini
concitavit enim eum Hiezabel uxor sua
26 et abominabilis effectus est
in tantum ut sequeretur idola quae fecerant Amorrei
quos consumpsit Dominus a facie filiorum Israhel
27 itaque cum audisset Ahab sermones istos
scidit vestem suam
et operuit cilicio carnem suam ieiunavitque et dormivit in sacco
et ambulabat dimisso capite
28 factus est autem sermo Domini ad Heliam Thesbiten dicens
29 nonne vidisti humiliatum Ahab coram me
quia igitur humiliatus est mei causa
non inducam malum in diebus eius
sed in diebus filii sui inferam malum domui eius