I Kings 21 · מלכים א

And it came to pass after these things, that Navot the Yizre῾eli had a vineyard, which was in Yizre῾el, near the palace of Aĥ᾽av king of Shomeron.

And Aĥ᾽av spoke to Navot, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near to 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.

And Navot said to Aĥ᾽av, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give thee the inheritance of my fathers.

And Aĥ᾽av came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Navot the Yizre῾eli 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.

But Izevel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

And he said to her, Because I spoke to Navot the Yizre῾eli, and said to 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.

And Izevel his wife said to him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Yisra᾽el? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Navot the Yizre῾eli.

So she wrote letters in Aĥ᾽av’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, that dwelt with Navot.

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Navot at the head of the people:

and set two base fellows before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Izevel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

They proclaimed a fast, and set Navot at the head of the people.

And there came in two base fellows, and sat before him: and the base men witnessed against him, against Navot, in the presence of the people, saying Navot did curse God and the king. Then they carried him outside of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Then they sent to Izevel, saying, Navot is stoned, and is dead.

And it came to pass, when Izevel heard that Navot was stoned, and was dead, that Izevel said to Aĥ᾽av, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Navot the Yizre῾eli, which he refused to give thee for money: for Navot is not alive, but dead.

And it came to pass, when Aĥ᾽av heard that Navot was dead, that Aĥ᾽av rose up to go down to the vineyard of Navot the Yizre῾eli, to take possession of it.

And the word of the Lord came to Eliyyahu the Tishbi, saying,

Arise, go down to meet Aĥ᾽av king of Yisra᾽el, who is in Shomeron: behold, he is in the vineyard of Navot, where he is gone down to possess it.

And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Navot shall the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

And Aĥ᾽av said to Eliyyahu, Hast thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast given thyself over to work evil in the eyes of the Lord.

Behold I will bring evil upon thee, and will sweep thee away, and will cut off from Aĥ᾽av every male person, and him that is shut up and him that is left free in Yisra᾽el.

And will make thy house like the house of Yorov῾am, the son of Nevat, and like the house of Ba῾asha the son of Aĥiyya, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and hast made Yisra᾽el to sin.

And of Izevel also the Lord spoke saying, The dogs shall eat Izevel by the wall of Yizre῾el.

Him that dies of Aĥ᾽av in the city the dogs shall eat: and him that dies in the field the birds of the air shalt eat.

But there was none like Aĥ᾽av, who did give himself over to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Izevel his wife did incite.

And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Emori, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Yisra᾽el.

And it came to pass, when Aĥ᾽av heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

And the word of the Lord came to Eliyyahu the Tishbi, saying,

Seest thou how Aĥ᾽av humbles himself before me? because he humbles 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.