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Then he said to her, “When I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and asked him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or it you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in place of it,’ he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’” Jezebel his wife said to him, “Now, you rule[a] over Israel. Get up, eat food, and let your heart be cheerful.[b] I myself will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

So she wrote letters in the name of Ahab and sealed them with his seal. She sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were dwelling with Naboth in his city.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:7 Literally “do kingship”
  2. 1 Kings 21:7 Literally “good”