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So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed
them with his seal and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that
were in his city dwelling with Naboth.
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And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people
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and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And
then carry him out and stone him that he may die.
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And the men of his city,
even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them
and as it
was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
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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.