Elijah · Issue #5 of 7
Blood In The Vineyard
1 Kings 21:15–24 · World English Bible
1 Kings 21:15
When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, 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.
1 Kings 21:16
When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
1 Kings 21:17
The LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings 21:18
Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
1 Kings 21:19
You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says,
Have you killed and also taken possession?
’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says,
In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.
’”
1 Kings 21:20
Ahab said to Elijah,
Have you found me, my enemy?
He answered,
I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the LORD’s sight.
1 Kings 21:21
Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
1 Kings 21:22
I 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 have made Israel to sin.”
1 Kings 21:23
The LORD also spoke of Jezebel, saying,
The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
1 Kings 21:24
The dogs will eat whoever dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the field.”
Read the whole Bible this way
20 heroes, 209 issues, 2,643 panels. Every panel a real verse. Works offline, one price, no ads, no account.
Get The Bible Book on the App Store