1 Kings 21:7-15 ▼

7 Jezebel his wife said to him, |Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.|

8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.

9 Now she wrote in the letters, saying, |Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

10 and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death.|

11 So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent [word] to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent them.

12 They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

13 Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, |Naboth cursed God and the king.| So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

14 Then they sent [word] to Jezebel, saying, |Naboth has been stoned and is dead.|

15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, |Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.|