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1 Kings 21
⁶ “I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or trade it, but he refused!” Ahab told her.
⁷ “Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don’t worry about it. I’ll get you Naboth’s vineyard!”
⁸ So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived.
⁹ In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer, and give Naboth a place of honor.
¹⁰ And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”
¹¹ So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters.
¹² They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
¹³ Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the people, saying, “He cursed God and the king.” So he was dragged outside the town and stoned to death.
¹⁴ The town leaders then sent word to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
¹⁵ When Jezebel heard the news, she said to Ahab, “You know the vineyard Naboth wouldn’t sell you? Well, you can have it now! He’s dead!”
¹⁶ So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.