1 Kings 21 (NET)

1 Kings 21:1¹After this the following episode took place. Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 19:181 Kgs 18:45-462 Chr 28:22Judg 6:331 Kgs 20:35-431 Sam 29:1Ezra 9:13-14Hos 1:4-5Isa 9:13Jer 5:3

1 Kings 21:2²Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will pay you silver for it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 8:141 Tim 6:9Jas 1:14-151 Sam 29:61 Sam 8:62 Kgs 9:27Deut 11:10Deut 5:21Eccl 2:5Exod 20:17

1 Kings 21:3³But Naboth replied to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 36:7Lev 25:23Ezek 46:181 Chr 11:191 Cor 6:151 Sam 12:231 Sam 24:6Gal 6:14Gen 44:17Gen 44:7

1 Kings 21:4⁴So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, pouted, and would not eat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:43Jas 1:141 Kgs 21:32 Sam 13:22 Sam 13:4Eccl 6:9Eccl 7:8-9Eph 4:27Gen 4:5-8Hab 2:9-12

1 Kings 21:5⁵Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, “Why do you have a bitter attitude and refuse to eat?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:311 Kgs 18:41 Kgs 19:21 Kgs 21:252 Sam 13:4Esth 4:5Gen 3:6Neh 2:2

1 Kings 21:6⁶He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:2-41 Tim 6:9-10Esth 5:9-14Esth 6:12Jas 4:2-7Prov 14:30

1 Kings 21:7⁷His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:15-161 Sam 8:141 Sam 8:42 Sam 13:4Dan 5:19-21Eccl 4:1Eccl 8:4Mic 2:1-2Mic 7:3Prov 30:31

1 Kings 21:8⁸She wrote out orders, signed Ahab’s name to them, and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders to the leaders and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:71 Kgs 21:12 Chr 32:172 Kgs 10:1-72 Kgs 10:112 Sam 11:14-15Deut 16:18-19Deut 21:1-9Esth 3:12-15Esth 8:8-13

1 Kings 21:9⁹This is what she wrote: “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 58:4John 18:28Luke 20:47Matt 2:8Matt 23:13Gen 34:13-17

1 Kings 21:10¹⁰Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 22:28Acts 6:11Lev 24:15-16Deut 13:13Deut 19:15Acts 6:13John 10:33Judg 19:22Matt 26:59-66

1 Kings 21:11¹¹The men of the city, the leaders, and the nobles who lived there followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:171 Sam 23:202 Chr 24:212 Kgs 10:6-7Acts 4:19Acts 5:29Dan 3:18-25Exod 1:17Exod 1:21Exod 23:1-2

1 Kings 21:12¹²They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 58:41 Kgs 21:8-10

1 Kings 21:13¹³The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:26Acts 24:5Acts 6:11Acts 7:57-59Amos 7:10Deut 13:10Deut 19:16-21Deut 21:21Deut 22:21Deut 22:24

1 Kings 21:14¹⁴Then they reported to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 11:14-24Eccl 5:8Eccl 8:14

1 Kings 21:15¹⁵When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:7Prov 1:10-16Prov 4:17

1 Kings 21:16¹⁶When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:152 Sam 1:13-162 Sam 11:25-272 Sam 23:15-172 Sam 4:9-12Isa 33:15Obad 1:12-14Ps 50:18Rom 1:32

1 Kings 21:17¹⁷The Lord’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 9:122 Kgs 1:15-162 Kgs 5:26Isa 26:21

1 Kings 21:18¹⁸“Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 13:322 Chr 22:9

1 Kings 21:19¹⁹Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord has said: “Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord has said: “In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood—yes, yours!”’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:382 Sam 12:92 Kgs 9:25-262 Sam 12:11Esth 7:10Gen 3:11Gen 4:9-10Hab 2:12Hab 2:9Judg 1:7

1 Kings 21:20²⁰When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah replied, “I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:17Rom 7:141 Kgs 18:171 Kgs 21:25Isa 52:3Rev 11:101 Kgs 16:301 Kgs 22:82 Chr 18:172 Chr 18:7

1 Kings 21:21²¹The Lord says, ‘Look, I am ready to bring disaster on you. I will destroy you and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:101 Sam 25:221 Sam 25:342 Kgs 10:1-72 Kgs 10:11-142 Kgs 10:172 Kgs 10:302 Kgs 14:26Exod 20:5-62 Kgs 9:7-9

1 Kings 21:22²²I will make your dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:31 Kgs 14:161 Kgs 16:111 Kgs 12:301 Kgs 15:29-301 Kgs 15:341 Kgs 16:26

1 Kings 21:23²³The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall of Jezreel.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:102 Kgs 9:30-371 Kgs 21:25

1 Kings 21:24²⁴As for Ahab’s family, dogs will eat the ones who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:111 Kgs 16:4Jer 15:3Ezek 32:4-5Ezek 39:18-20Isa 14:19Rev 19:18

1 Kings 21:25²⁵(There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:20Prov 22:141 Kgs 16:30-33Eccl 7:261 Kgs 21:7Acts 14:2Rom 6:191 Kgs 11:1-41 Kgs 18:41 Kgs 19:2

1 Kings 21:26²⁶He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just as the Amorites whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 21:11Gen 15:16Lev 18:25-301 Kgs 15:121 Pet 4:32 Chr 15:82 Chr 33:22 Chr 33:92 Chr 36:142 Kgs 16:3

1 Kings 21:27²⁷When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:30Gen 37:342 Sam 3:312 Kgs 18:372 Sam 12:16-17Isa 22:12Isa 38:15Isa 58:5-8Job 16:15Joel 1:13

1 Kings 21:28²⁸The Lord’ s message came to Elijah the Tishbite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 21:29²⁹“Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 3:9Mic 7:182 Kgs 9:25-26Ps 86:152 Kgs 9:33-10:72 Kgs 10:11Ezek 33:10-11Ps 18:44Jer 7:17Ps 78:34-37