Naboth's Vineyard

"Then YAHWEH spoke to Elijah of Tishbe, 'Go down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria.  He is taking possession of the vineyard of Naboth.  Say to him: 'Have you killed and have taken possession at the same time?'  Then give him this word of MINE: 'Dogs shall lick your blood in the very place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth.'

Ahab then said to Elijah, 'Who, better than my enemy, could find me here and now!'  Elijah answered, 'I have come to you because you have done what YAHWEH abhors.  This is YAHWEH's word:  I will bring disgrace on you.  I will sweep you away and cut off every male of your family, from the lowliest to the greatest.  Your family will disappear like the families of Jeroboam and Baasa, because you have offended ME and have dragged Israel into sin.'  There is another word of YAHWEH to Jezebel: 'The dogs shall devour Jezebel within the territory of Jezreel.'  If anyone of Ahab's line dies in the city, he shall be devoured by dogs; if in the green country, the birds of the air shall feed on him.'

There was no one like Ahab, urged by his wife Jezebel, in doing what YAHWEH abhorred.  He did terrible things and ran after unclean idols just as the Amorites had done, from whom YAHWEH had taken the land to give it to Israel.

On hearing these words, Ahab tore his clothes and put on sackcloth.  He fasted as he lay in sackcloth and moved around despondently.  Then YAHWEH said to Elijah the Tishbite, 'Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself?  Because of this I will not bring about the disaster during his reign; during his son's reign disgrace will fall on his family.'" - 1 Kings 21:17-29 

(Have you killed and have taken possession at the same time?  Ahab's crime is no worse than David's who had Uriah killed so that he could take his wife [2 Samuel 12].  Elijah goes to Ahab in the manner that Nathan had gone to rebuke David.)

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