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parted from me, @ *lion -shallslay; B.C. thee.” And as_soon_as_he_was_depart- ed from him, @ *lion found him, and slew him.
37 Then he found another ‘man, and said, “-Smite me, I_pray_thee.” And the ‘man smote him, so_that in_smiting he wounded him,
38 So the prophet departed, and wait- ed for the king sh the way, and dis- guised_himself with cxashes upon his face.
39 And as the king 4 assed _by, he cried unto the king: and he said, “Thy
aside, and brought a *man unto me, and said, ‘*Keep xthis ‘*xman: if b
thy slife be for his slife, or_else thou}s. shalt_v pay a talent_of silver.’
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he wa was_gone.” And the_
thy judgment be ; thyself -hast_decided ioe
41 And he hasted, and took «the cashes away from his face; and the_ king_of Israél discerned him that he was of the prophets.
# And he said unto him, “Thus «saith ‘the Lorp, Because thou shast_let_go out_of thy hand @ ‘-man whom_I_ appointed_to_utter_destruction, there- fore thy s life -shall_go for his s life, and thy people for his people.”
43 And the_king_of Israél went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
1 AND it came_to_pass after xthese dy xthings, that » Naboth the Jez- reelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard_by the_palace_of Ahab} Fruit. king_of Samaria.
2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, say- ing, “-Give me thy -vineyard, that I may-_haye it for a garden of herbs, be- cause it 7s 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_ smoney.”
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, “'The Lorp forbid it me, that I should_give ihe shen 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,} J and said unto him, “Why is thy 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 smoney ; or else, if it please thee, I}s. will_give thee another vineyard for it:’ and he answered, ‘I will_not give thee my -vineyard.’”
And Jezebel his wife said unto him,
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B.C. 899, |“'Dost thou now govern the_kingdom_ MS of Israél? -arise, and -eat br and let thine heart be_merry: £ will_give thee «the_vineyard_of Naboth the Jez- reélite.”
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, xdwelling with Naboth.
® And she wrote in the letters, saying, “.Prociaim 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_ Te and stone him, that he may_
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1 And the_~ men_of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were x-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.
2 They proclaimed a fast, and «set -Naboth on_high among the people.
13 And there came in two &xmen, sochildren_of Belial, and sat before him: and the_¢men_of xBelial wit- nessed_against him, even against -Na- both, 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 sis_stoned, and is_dead.”
15 And it came_to_pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was_stoned, and N-/was_dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab,
“Arise, stake_possession_of -the_vine-
yard_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_posses- sion_of it.
17 And the_word_of Jthe Lorp came
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
*| 438 “sArise, go.down to meet Ahab king_of Israél, which 7s in Samaria: be- hold, he 7s in the_vineyard_of Naboth, whither he is gone_down to possess it.
19 And thou -shalt_speak unto him, saying, ‘Thus -saith the Lorp, -Hast thou ™killed, and also taken_posses- sion?’ And thou -shalt_speak unto him, saying, ‘Thus «saith J the Lorp, In the place where xdogs 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: be- cause thou shast_sold_thyself to work xevil in the_sight_of ! the Lorp.
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 phim_ that_is_shut_up and left in Israél,
2 And -will_make thine -house like ~|the_house_of Jeroboam the_son_of
HER DEVICE.
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