¹⁵ When Jezebel heard that Naboth was dead, she said to Ahab, ‘Get up from your bed! Go to Jezreel and take Naboth's vineyard for yourself. He refused to sell it to you when he was alive. But now he is dead.’ ¹⁶ When Ahab knew that Naboth was dead, he got up from his bed. He went to Naboth's vineyard to take it for himself.

¹⁷ After this, the Lord gave a message to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe.