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They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.
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Then the two men, sons of Belial, came in and sat before him; and those men of Belial witnessed against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones that he died.
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Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
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And it came to pass when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead that she said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel which he refused to give thee for money, for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
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And it came to pass when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel, to take possession of it.
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Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying,
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Arise, go down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, who
is in Samaria; behold,
he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to possess it.
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And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath the LORD said, Hast thou murdered and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him again, saying, Thus hath the LORD said, In the same place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs also lick thy blood, even thine.
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And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found
thee because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Behold, I will bring evil upon thee and will burn away thy posterity and will cut off from Ahab him that pisses against the wall and he that is kept and he that is left in Israel.
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And I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha, the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which thou hast provoked
me to anger and made Israel to sin.