1 Sucedeu, depois disto, o seguinte: Nabote, o jezreelita, possuía uma vinha ao lado do palácio que Acabe, rei de Samaria, tinha em Jezreel. 2 Disse Acabe a Nabote: Dá-me a tua vinha, para que me sirva de horta, pois está perto, ao lado da minha casa. Dar-te-ei por ela outra, melhor; ou, se for do teu agrado, dar-te-ei em dinheiro o que ela vale. 3 Porém Nabote disse a Acabe: Guarde-me o Senhor de que eu dê a herança de meus pais. 4 Então, Acabe veio desgostoso e indignado para sua casa, por causa da palavra que Nabote, o jezreelita, lhe falara, quando disse: Não te darei a herança de meus pais. E deitou-se na sua cama, voltou o rosto e não comeu pão.

5 Porém, vindo Jezabel, sua mulher, ter com ele, lhe disse: Que é isso que tens assim desgostoso o teu espírito e não comes pão? 6 Ele lhe respondeu: Porque falei a Nabote, o jezreelita, e lhe disse: Dá-me a tua vinha por dinheiro; ou, se te apraz, dar-te-ei outra em seu lugar. Porém ele disse: Não te darei a minha vinha. 7 Então, Jezabel, sua mulher, lhe disse: Governas tu, com efeito, sobre Israel? Levanta-te, come, e alegre-se o teu coração; eu te darei a vinha de Nabote, o jezreelita.

8 Então, escreveu cartas em nome de Acabe, selou-as com o sinete dele e as enviou aos anciãos e aos nobres que havia na sua cidade e habitavam com Nabote. 9 E escreveu nas cartas, dizendo: Apregoai um jejum e trazei Nabote para a frente do povo. 10 Fazei sentar defronte dele dois homens malignos, que testemunhem contra ele, dizendo: Blasfemaste contra Deus e contra o rei. Depois, levai-o para fora e apedrejai-o, para que morra. 11 Os homens da sua cidade, os anciãos e os nobres que nela habitavam fizeram como Jezabel lhes ordenara, segundo estava escrito nas cartas que lhes havia mandado. 12 Apregoaram um jejum e trouxeram Nabote para a frente do povo. 13 Então, vieram dois homens malignos, sentaram-se defronte dele e testemunharam contra ele, contra Nabote, perante o povo, dizendo: Nabote blasfemou contra Deus e contra o rei. E o levaram para fora da cidade e o apedrejaram, e morreu. 14 Então, mandaram dizer a Jezabel: Nabote foi apedrejado e morreu.

15 Tendo Jezabel ouvido que Nabote fora apedrejado e morrera, disse a Acabe: Levanta-te e toma posse da vinha que Nabote, o jezreelita, recusou dar-te por dinheiro; pois Nabote já não vive, mas é morto. 16 Tendo Acabe ouvido que Nabote era morto, levantou-se para descer para a vinha de Nabote, o jezreelita, para tomar posse dela.

17 Então, veio a palavra do Senhor a Elias, o tesbita, dizendo: 18 Dispõe-te, desce para encontrar-te com Acabe, rei de Israel, que habita em Samaria; eis que está na vinha de Nabote, aonde desceu para tomar posse dela. 19 Falar-lhe-ás, dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor: Mataste e, ainda por cima, tomaste a herança? Dir-lhe-ás mais: Assim diz o Senhor: No lugar em que os cães lamberam o sangue de Nabote, cães lamberão o teu sangue, o teu mesmo. 20 Perguntou Acabe a Elias: Já me achaste, inimigo meu? Respondeu ele: Achei-te, porquanto já te vendeste para fazeres o que é mau perante o Senhor. 21 Eis que trarei o mal sobre ti, arrancarei a tua posteridade e exterminarei de Acabe a todo do sexo masculino, quer escravo quer livre, em Israel. 22 Farei a tua casa como a casa de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, e como a casa de Baasa, filho de Aías, por causa da provocação com que me irritaste e fizeste pecar a Israel. 23 Também de Jezabel falou o Senhor: Os cães devorarão Jezabel dentro dos muros de Jezreel. 24 Quem morrer de Acabe na cidade, os cães o comerão, e quem morrer no campo, as aves do céu o comerão. 25 Ninguém houve, pois, como Acabe, que se vendeu para fazer o que era mau perante o Senhor, porque Jezabel, sua mulher, o instigava; 26 que fez grandes abominações, seguindo os ídolos, segundo tudo o que fizeram os amorreus, os quais o Senhor lançou de diante dos filhos de Israel. 27 Tendo Acabe ouvido estas palavras, rasgou as suas vestes, cobriu de pano de saco o seu corpo e jejuou; dormia em panos de saco e andava cabisbaixo. 28 Então, veio a palavra do Senhor a Elias, o tesbita, dizendo: 29 Não viste que Acabe se humilha perante mim? Portanto, visto que se humilha perante mim, não trarei este mal nos seus dias, mas nos dias de seu filho o trarei sobre a sua casa.

1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

2 And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house: and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money.

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?

6 And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.

7 And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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

9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, You did blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that 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.

16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to possess it.

19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.

20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

22 And will make your 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 you have provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

23 And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

24 Him that dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dies in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

25 But there was none like to Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

29 See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son' days will I bring the evil on his house.