I Kings 21

vayehi akhar haddevarim ha'elleh kerem hayah lenavot hayyizre'eli asher beyizre'el etsel hekhal akhav melekh shomeron

[The following events] occurred some time afterward: Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel, adjoining the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

vayedabber akhav el-navot lemor tenah-lli et-karmekha vihi-li legan-yaraq ki hu qarov etsel beti ve'ettenah lekha takhtayw kerem tov mimmennu im tov be'enekha ettenah-lekha khesef mekhir zeh

Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, so that I may have it as a vegetable garden, since it is right next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange; or, if you prefer, I will pay you the price in money.”

vayyomer navot el-akhav khalilah li me-Adonai mittitti et-nakhalat avotay lakh

But Naboth replied, “GOD forbid that I should give up to you what I have inherited from my fathers!”

vayyavo akhav el-beto sar veza'ef al-haddavar asher-dibber elayw navot hayyizre'eli vayyomer lo-etten lekha et-nakhalat avotay vayyishkav al-mittato vayyassev et-panayw velo-akhal lakhem

Ahab went home dispirited and sullen because of the answer that Naboth the Jezreelite had given him: “I will not give up to you what I have inherited from my fathers!” He lay down on his bed and turned away his face, and he would not eat.

vattavo elayw izevel ishto vattedabber elayw mah-zzeh rukhakha sarah ve'enekha okhel lakhem

His wife Jezebel came to him and asked him, “Why are you so dispirited that you won’t eat?”

vayedabber eleha ki-adabber el-navot hayyizre'eli va'omar lo tenah-lli et-karmekha bekhesef o im-khafets attah ettenah-lekha kherem takhtayw vayyomer lo-etten lekha et-karmi

So he told her, “I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and proposed to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for money, or if you prefer, I’ll give you another vineyard in exchange’; but he answered, ‘I will not give my vineyard to you.’”

vattomer elayw izevel ishto attah attah ta'aseh melukhah al-yisra'el qum ekhol-lekhem veyitav libbekha ani etten lekha et-kerem navot hayyizre'eli

His wife Jezebel said to him, “Now is the time to show yourself king over Israel. Rise and eat something, and be cheerful; I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

vattikhtov sefarim beshem akhav vattakhtom bekhotamo vattishlakh (hsfrym) [sefarim] el-hazzeqenim ve'el-hakhorim asher be'iro hayyoshevim et-navot

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who lived in the same town with Naboth.

vattikhtov bassefarim lemor qiru-tsom vehoshivu et-navot berosh ha'am

In the letters she wrote as follows: “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the front of the assembly.

vehoshivu shenayim anashim bene-veliyya'al negdo vi'iduhu lemor berakhta elohim vamelekh vehotsi'uhu vesiqluhu veyamot

And seat two scoundrels opposite him, and let them testify against him: ‘You have reviled God and king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

vayya'asu anshe iro hazzeqenim vehakhorim asher hayyoshevim be'iro ka'asher shalekhah alehem izavel ka'asher katuv bassefarim asher shalekhah alehem

The people of his town—the elders and nobles who lived in his town—did as Jezebel had instructed them, just as was written in the letters she had sent them:

qare'u tsom vehoshivu et-navot berosh ha'am

They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the front of the assembly.

vayyavo'u shene ha'anashim bene-veliyya'al vayyeshevu negdo vaye'iduhu anshe habbeliyya'al et-navot neged ha'am lemor berakh navot elohim vamelekh vayyotsi'uhu mikhuts la'ir vayyisqeluhu va'avanim vayyamot

Then the two scoundrels came and sat down opposite him; and those scoundrels testified against Naboth publicly as follows: “Naboth has reviled God and king.” Then they took him outside the town and stoned him to death.

vayyishlekhu el-izevel lemor suqqal navot vayyamot

Word was sent to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

vayehi kishmoa izevel ki-suqqal navot vayyamot vattomer izevel el-akhav qum resh et-kerem navot hayyizre'eli asher me'en latet-lekha vekhesef ki en navot khay ki-met

As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Go and take possession of the vineyard that Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for money; for Naboth is no longer alive, he is dead.”

vayehi kishmoa akhav ki met navot vayyaqom akhav laredet el-kerem navot hayyizre'eli lerishto

When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab set out for the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to take possession of it.

vayehi devar-Adonai el-eliyyahu hattishbi lemor

Then the word of GOD came to Elijah the Tishbite:

qum red liqrat akhav melekh-yisra'el asher beshomeron hinneh bekherem navot asher-yarad sham lerishto

“Go down and confront King Ahab of Israel who [resides] in Samaria. He is now in Naboth’s vineyard; he has gone down there to take possession of it.

vedibbarta elayw lemor koh amar Adonai haratsakhta vegam-yarasheta vedibbarta elayw lemor koh amar Adonai bimqom asher laqequ hakkelavim et-dam navot yaloqqu hakkelavim et-damekha gam-attah

Say to him, ‘Thus said GOD: Would you murder and take possession? Thus said GOD: In the very place where the dogs lapped up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will lap up your blood too.’”

vayyomer akhav el-eliyyahu hametsatani oyevi vayyomer matsati ya'an hitmakkerkha la'asot hara be'ene Adonai

Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy?” “Yes, I have found you,” he replied. “Because you have committed yourself to doing what is evil in GOD’s sight,

hinni mevi elekha ra'ah uvi'arti akharekha vehikhratti le'akhav mashtin beqir ve'atsur ve'azuv beyisra'el

I will bring disaster upon you. I will make a clean sweep of you, I will cut off from Israel every male belonging to Ahab, bond and free.

venatatti et-betekha kevet yarovam ben-nevat ukhevet basha ven-akhiyyah el-hakka'as asher hikhasta vattakhati et-yisra'el

And I will make your house like the House of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the House of Baasha son of Ahijah, because of the provocation you have caused by leading Israel to sin.

vegam-le'izevel dibber Adonai lemor hakkelavim yokhelu et-izevel bekhel yizre'el

And GOD has also spoken concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the field of Jezreel.

hammet le'akhav ba'ir yokhelu hakkelavim vehammet bassadeh yokhelu of hashamayim

All of Ahab’s line who die in the town shall be devoured by dogs, and all who die in the open country shall be devoured by the birds of the sky.’”

raq lo-hayah khe'akhav asher hitmakker la'asot hara be'ene Adonai asher-hesattah oto izevel ishto

(Indeed, there never was anyone like Ahab, who committed himself to doing what was displeasing to GOD, at the instigation of his wife Jezebel.

vayyatev me'od lalekhet akhare haggillulim kekhol asher asu ha'emori asher horish Adonai mippene bene yisra'el

He acted most abominably, straying after the fetishes just like the Amorites, whom GOD had dispossessed before the Israelites.)

vayehi khishmoa akhav et-haddevarim ha'elleh vayyiqra begadayw vayyasem-saq al-besaro vayyatsom vayyishkav bassaq vayehallekh at

When Ahab heard these words, he rent his clothes and put sackcloth on his body. He fasted and lay in sackcloth and walked about subdued.

vayehi devar-Adonai el-eliyyahu hattishbi lemor

Then the word of GOD came to Elijah the Tishbite:

hara'ita ki-nikhna akhav millefanay ya'an ki-nikhna mippanay lo-avi hara'ah beyamayw bime veno avi hara'ah al-beto

“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the disaster in his lifetime; I will bring the disaster upon his house in his son’s time.”