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So 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 pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’” And Jezebel his wife said to him, “(A)Do you now exercise kingship over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be merry; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

(B)So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to (C)the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.

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