1 Kings 21:10-26

¹⁰But seat two bad men opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

¹¹So the elders and leaders who lived in Naboth's town did as Jezebel had said in the letters she had written and sent to them.

¹²They announced a religious fast, and gave Naboth a seat of honor.

¹³Two bad men came and sat opposite him, and accused him in front of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the town and stoned him to death.

¹⁴Then they sent a message to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned. He's dead.”

¹⁵As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and he was dead, Jezebel told Ahab, “Get up, go and claim ownership of the vineyard of Naboth from Jezreel, which he refused to sell you, for Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”

¹⁶When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went to claim ownership of Naboth's vineyard.

¹⁷Then the Lord sent a message to Elijah the Tishbite:

¹⁸“Go and meet Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria. He is right now in Naboth's vineyard, where he has gone to claim ownership of it.

¹⁹Tell him: This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered a man and robbed him? Then tell him: This is what the Lord says: In the very spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood, dogs will lick up your own blood.”

²⁰“So have you come to find me, my enemy?” Ahab asked Elijah. “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the Lord sight,” Elijah replied.

²¹He says, “Watch out! I'm going to bring disaster on you and destroy your descendants. I will kill from every male of Ahab's line, both slave and free, in the whole of Israel.

²²I will make your house like that of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and like that of Baasha, son of Ahijah, because you have angered me and made Israel sin.

²³And as far as Jezebel is concerned, the Lord says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

²⁴Those of Ahab's family who die in the town will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the countryside will be eaten by birds.”

²⁵(No one else was so bad as Ahab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the Lord's sight, because his wife Jezebel encouraged him.

²⁶He did the most despicable things, worshiping idols like the Amorites the Lord had driven out before Israel.)