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I Kings Chapter 21

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In this chapter the king of Israel, Jehu, is warned by the prophet Gad that a great rebellion is coming against him. Jehu then orders the murder of his brothers and the removal of the idols, showing the theme of divine judgment and the need for obedience.

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(1) And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
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I Kings 20:35I Kings 20:36I Kings 20:37I Kings 20:38I Kings 20:39I Kings 20:40I Kings 20:41I Kings 20:42I Kings 20:43II Chronicles 28:22Ezra 9:13Ezra 9:14

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I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:16I Kings 21:6I Kings 21:2I Kings 21:18II Kings 10:1

(2) And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
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Genesis 3:6Exodus 20:17Deuteronomy 5:21I Samuel 8:14Jeremiah 22:17Habakkuk 2:9Habakkuk 2:10Habakkuk 2:11Luke 12:15I Timothy 6:9James 1:14James 1:15

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I Kings 21:6I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:16Exodus 22:5Leviticus 19:10Deuteronomy 22:9

(3) And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
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Genesis 44:7Genesis 44:17Joshua 22:29Joshua 24:16I Samuel 12:23I Samuel 24:6I Samuel 26:9I Samuel 26:10I Samuel 26:11I Chronicles 11:19Job 27:5Romans 3:4

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Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:16Numbers 26:54

(4) And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
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I Kings 20:43Job 5:2Isaiah 57:20Isaiah 57:21Jonah 4:1Jonah 4:9Habakkuk 2:9Habakkuk 2:10Habakkuk 2:11Habakkuk 2:12I Kings 21:3Numbers 22:13

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I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:16II Kings 9:25Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4

(5) But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
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I Kings 21:25I Kings 16:31I Kings 18:4I Kings 19:2Genesis 3:6II Samuel 13:4Nehemiah 2:2Esther 4:5

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I Samuel 1:8

(6) And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
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I Kings 21:2Esther 5:9Esther 5:10Esther 5:11Esther 5:12Esther 5:13Esther 5:14Esther 6:12Proverbs 14:30I Timothy 6:9I Timothy 6:10James 4:2

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I Kings 21:2I Kings 21:15Exodus 22:5Leviticus 19:10Deuteronomy 22:9I Kings 21:16

(7) And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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I Samuel 8:4II Samuel 13:4Proverbs 30:31Ecclesiastes 4:1Ecclesiastes 8:4Daniel 5:19Daniel 5:20Daniel 5:21I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:16Micah 2:1Micah 2:2

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I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:6I Kings 21:16I Kings 21:1I Kings 21:2I Kings 21:18

(8) So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
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II Samuel 11:14II Samuel 11:15II Chronicles 32:17Ezra 4:7Ezra 4:8Ezra 4:11Nehemiah 6:5Esther 3:12Esther 3:13Esther 3:14Esther 3:15Esther 8:8

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II Kings 10:1Nehemiah 6:17I Kings 21:11Acts 15:23I Kings 21:9Esther 8:10

(9) And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
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Genesis 34:13Genesis 34:14Genesis 34:15Genesis 34:16Genesis 34:17Isaiah 58:4Matthew 2:8Matthew 23:14Luke 20:47John 18:28

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Zechariah 8:19I Kings 21:8Mark 2:18I Kings 21:15

(10) And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
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Deuteronomy 19:15Matthew 26:59Matthew 26:60Acts 6:11Deuteronomy 13:13Judges 19:22Exodus 22:28Leviticus 24:15Matthew 26:61Matthew 26:62Matthew 26:63Matthew 26:64

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Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:23Joshua 24:27Isaiah 28:16II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4

(11) And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
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Exodus 1:17Exodus 1:21Exodus 23:1Exodus 23:2Leviticus 19:15I Samuel 22:17I Samuel 23:20II Kings 10:6II Kings 10:7II Chronicles 24:21Proverbs 29:12Proverbs 29:26

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33I Kings 21:8Nehemiah 6:17

(12) They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
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I Kings 21:8I Kings 21:9I Kings 21:10Isaiah 58:4

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Zechariah 8:19Mark 2:18I Kings 21:15

(13) And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
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Exodus 20:16Deuteronomy 5:20Deuteronomy 19:16Deuteronomy 19:17Deuteronomy 19:18Deuteronomy 19:19Deuteronomy 19:20Deuteronomy 19:21Psalms 27:12Psalms 35:11Proverbs 6:19Proverbs 19:5

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I Kings 21:15I Chronicles 29:2Joshua 7:25I Kings 7:10I Kings 21:16II Samuel 16:19

(14) Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
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II Samuel 11:14II Samuel 11:15II Samuel 11:16II Samuel 11:17II Samuel 11:18II Samuel 11:19II Samuel 11:20II Samuel 11:21II Samuel 11:22II Samuel 11:23II Samuel 11:24Ecclesiastes 5:8

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I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:13

(15) And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
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I Kings 21:7Proverbs 1:10Proverbs 1:11Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 1:13Proverbs 1:14Proverbs 1:15Proverbs 1:16Proverbs 4:17

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I Kings 21:16I Kings 21:6I Kings 21:7I Kings 21:2I Kings 21:13I Kings 21:1

(16) And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
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II Samuel 1:13II Samuel 1:14II Samuel 1:15II Samuel 1:16II Samuel 4:9II Samuel 4:10II Samuel 4:11II Samuel 4:12II Samuel 11:25II Samuel 11:26II Samuel 11:27II Samuel 23:15

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I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:1I Kings 21:2I Kings 21:6II Kings 8:27I Kings 21:18

(17) And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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II Kings 1:15II Kings 1:16II Kings 5:26Psalms 9:12Isaiah 26:21

(18) Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
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I Kings 13:32II Chronicles 22:9

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I Kings 21:15I Kings 21:16I Kings 18:16I Kings 21:1I Kings 21:2I Kings 21:6

(19) And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
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Genesis 3:11Genesis 4:9Genesis 4:10II Samuel 12:9Micah 3:1Micah 3:2Micah 3:3Micah 3:4Habakkuk 2:9Habakkuk 2:12I Kings 22:38Judges 1:7

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I Kings 21:15Joshua 22:19I Kings 21:16Ezekiel 46:18II Chronicles 29:22I Kings 22:38

(20) And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
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I Kings 18:17I Kings 22:8II Chronicles 18:7II Chronicles 18:17Amos 5:10Mark 12:12Galatians 4:16Revelation 11:10I Kings 21:25II Kings 17:17Isaiah 50:1Isaiah 52:3

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Esther 7:4I Kings 18:16I Kings 18:17II Kings 8:27

(21) Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
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I Kings 14:10Exodus 20:5Exodus 20:6II Kings 9:7II Kings 9:8II Kings 9:9II Kings 10:1II Kings 10:2II Kings 10:3II Kings 10:4II Kings 10:5II Kings 10:6

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II Kings 9:8I Kings 14:10II Chronicles 26:6II Kings 8:27

(22) And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
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I Kings 15:29I Kings 16:3I Kings 16:11I Kings 14:16I Kings 15:30I Kings 15:34I Kings 16:26

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(23) And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
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I Kings 21:25II Kings 9:10II Kings 9:30II Kings 9:31II Kings 9:32II Kings 9:33II Kings 9:34II Kings 9:35II Kings 9:36II Kings 9:37

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II Kings 9:37II Kings 9:10II Kings 9:36I Kings 21:15II Chronicles 26:6II Kings 9:30

(24) Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
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I Kings 14:11I Kings 16:4Isaiah 14:19Jeremiah 15:3Ezekiel 32:4Ezekiel 32:5Ezekiel 39:18Ezekiel 39:19Ezekiel 39:20Revelation 19:18

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I Kings 14:11I Kings 16:4Ecclesiastes 3:19I Samuel 17:44Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25

(25) But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
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I Kings 21:20I Kings 16:30I Kings 16:31I Kings 16:32I Kings 16:33II Kings 23:25II Kings 17:17Isaiah 50:1Isaiah 52:3Romans 6:19Romans 7:14I Kings 21:7

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Jeremiah 44:9I Kings 21:15II Kings 8:27

(26) And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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II Chronicles 15:8Isaiah 65:4Jeremiah 16:18Jeremiah 44:4Ezekiel 18:12I Peter 4:3Revelation 21:8Genesis 15:16Leviticus 18:25Leviticus 18:26Leviticus 18:27Leviticus 18:28

(27) And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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Genesis 37:34II Kings 6:30II Kings 18:37Jonah 3:6II Samuel 12:17Job 16:15Isaiah 22:12Isaiah 58:5Isaiah 58:6Isaiah 58:7Isaiah 58:8Joel 1:13

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Genesis 37:34II Kings 5:8II Kings 6:30II Kings 19:1Esther 4:1Isaiah 37:1

(28) And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
(29) Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
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Jeremiah 7:17Luke 7:44Exodus 10:3Psalms 18:44Psalms 66:3Psalms 78:34Psalms 78:35Psalms 78:36Psalms 78:37Psalms 86:15Ezekiel 33:10Ezekiel 33:11

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II Kings 8:27

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