1 Kings 21

1 and to be after [the] word: thing [the] these vineyard to be to/for Naboth [the] Jezreelite which in/on/with Jezreel beside temple: palace Ahab king Samaria

Sometime later this happened: There was a man named Naboth from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel close to King Ahab's palace in Samaria.

2 and to speak: speak Ahab to(wards) Naboth to/for to say to give: give [emph?] to/for me [obj] vineyard your and to be to/for me to/for garden herb for he/she/it near beside house: palace my and to give: give to/for you underneath: instead him vineyard pleasant from him if pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your to give: give to/for you silver: money price this

Ahab went to Naboth and said, “Give me your vineyard so I can turn it into a vegetable garden, because it's close to my palace. In return I'll give you a better vineyard, or if you want I'll pay you for it in cash.”

3 and to say Naboth to(wards) Ahab forbid to/for me from LORD from to give: give I [obj] inheritance father my to/for you

But Naboth replied, “The Lord curse me if I should give you my forefathers' inheritance.”

4 and to come (in): come Ahab to(wards) house: home his stubborn and vexed upon [the] word which to speak: speak to(wards) him Naboth [the] Jezreelite and to say not to give: give to/for you [obj] inheritance father my and to lie down: lay down upon bed his and to turn: turn [obj] face his and not to eat food

Ahab went home sulking and infuriated because Naboth from Jezreel had said, “I will not give you my forefathers' inheritance.” He went to bed, wouldn't look at anyone, and refused to eat.

5 and to come (in): come to(wards) him Jezebel woman: wife his and to speak: speak to(wards) him what? this spirit your stubborn and nothing you to eat food

His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “Why are you so upset about? That you don't want to eat?”

6 and to speak: speak to(wards) her for to speak: speak to(wards) Naboth [the] Jezreelite and to say to/for him to give: give [emph?] to/for me [obj] vineyard your in/on/with silver: money or if delighting you(m. s.) to give: give to/for you vineyard underneath: instead him and to say not to give: give to/for you [obj] vineyard my

Ahab replied, “It's because I talked with Naboth from Jezreel and I asked him, ‘Give me your vineyard for cash, or if you want, I'll give you another vineyard instead.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”

7 and to say to(wards) him Jezebel woman: wife his you(m. s.) now to make: [do] kingship upon Israel to arise: rise to eat food: bread and be good heart your I to give: give to/for you [obj] vineyard Naboth [the] Jezreelite

“Aren't you the king of Israel?” his wife Jezebel replied. “Get up, have something to eat, and cheer up. I'll get you the vineyard of Naboth from Jezreel.”

8 and to write scroll: document in/on/with name Ahab and to seal in/on/with signet his and to send: depart (scroll: document *QK) to(wards) [the] old: elder and to(wards) [the] noble which in/on/with city his [the] to dwell with Naboth

So she wrote some letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal. She sent the letters to the elders and leaders in the town where Naboth lived.

9 and to write in/on/with scroll: document to/for to say to call: call out fast and to dwell [obj] Naboth in/on/with head: leader [the] people

In the letters she wrote to tell them, “Announce a religious fast, and give Naboth a seat of honor.

10 and to dwell two human son: young animal Belial before him and to testify him to/for to say to bless God and king and to come out: send him and to stone him and to die

But seat two bad men opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

11 and to make: do human city his [the] old: elder and [the] noble which [the] to dwell in/on/with city his like/as as which to send: depart to(wards) them Jezebel like/as as which to write in/on/with scroll: document which to send: depart to(wards) them

So the elders and leaders who lived in Naboth's town did as Jezebel had said in the letters she had written and sent to them.

12 to call: call out fast and to dwell [obj] Naboth in/on/with head [the] people

They announced a religious fast, and gave Naboth a seat of honor.

13 and to come (in): come two [the] human son: young animal Belial and to dwell before him and to testify him human [the] Belial [obj] Naboth before [the] people to/for to say to bless Naboth God and king and to come out: send him from outside to/for city and to stone him in/on/with stone and to die

Two bad men came and sat opposite him, and accused him in front of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the town and stoned him to death.

14 and to send: depart to(wards) Jezebel to/for to say to stone Naboth and to die

Then they sent a message to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned. He's dead.”

15 and to be like/as to hear: hear Jezebel for to stone Naboth and to die and to say Jezebel to(wards) Ahab to arise: rise to possess: take [obj] vineyard Naboth [the] Jezreelite which to refuse to/for to give: give to/for you in/on/with silver: money for nothing Naboth alive for to die

As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and he was dead, Jezebel told Ahab, “Get up, go and claim ownership of the vineyard of Naboth from Jezreel, which he refused to sell you, for Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”

16 and to be like/as to hear: hear Ahab for to die Naboth and to arise: rise Ahab to/for to go down to(wards) vineyard Naboth [the] Jezreelite to/for to possess: take him

When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went to claim ownership of Naboth's vineyard.

17 and to be word LORD to(wards) Elijah [the] Tishbite to/for to say

Then the Lord sent a message to Elijah the Tishbite:

18 to arise: rise to go down to/for to encounter: meet Ahab king Israel which in/on/with Samaria behold in/on/with vineyard Naboth which to go down there to/for to possess: take him

“Go and meet Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria. He is right now in Naboth's vineyard, where he has gone to claim ownership of it.

19 and to speak: speak to(wards) him to/for to say thus to say LORD to murder and also to possess: take and to speak: speak to(wards) him to/for to say thus to say LORD in/on/with place which to lick [the] dog [obj] blood Naboth to lick [the] dog [obj] blood your also you(m. s.)

Tell him: This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered a man and robbed him? Then tell him: This is what the Lord says: In the very spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood, dogs will lick up your own blood.”

20 and to say Ahab to(wards) Elijah to find me enemy my and to say to find because to sell you to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD

“So have you come to find me, my enemy?” Ahab asked Elijah. “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the Lord sight,” Elijah replied.

21 look! I (to come (in): bring *Qk) to(wards) you distress: harm and to burn: burn after you and to cut: eliminate to/for Ahab to urinate in/on/with wall and to restrain and to leave: release in/on/with Israel

He says, “Watch out! I'm going to bring disaster on you and destroy your descendants. I will kill from every male of Ahab's line, both slave and free, in the whole of Israel.

22 and to give: make [obj] house: household your like/as house: household Jeroboam son: child Nebat and like/as house: household Baasha son: child Ahijah to(wards) [the] vexation which to provoke and to sin [obj] Israel

I will make your house like that of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and like that of Baasha, son of Ahijah, because you have angered me and made Israel sin.

23 and also to/for Jezebel to speak: speak LORD to/for to say [the] dog to eat [obj] Jezebel in/on/with rampart Jezreel

And as far as Jezebel is concerned, the Lord says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

24 [the] to die to/for Ahab in/on/with city to eat [the] dog and [the] to die in/on/with land: country to eat bird [the] heaven

Those of Ahab's family who die in the town will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the countryside will be eaten by birds.”

25 except not to be like/as Ahab which to sell to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD which to incite [obj] him Jezebel woman: wife his

(No one else was so bad as Ahab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the Lord's sight, because his wife Jezebel encouraged him.

26 and to abhor much to/for to go: follow after [the] idol like/as all which to make: do [the] Amorite which to possess: take LORD from face: before son: descendant/people Israel

He did the most despicable things, worshiping idols like the Amorites the Lord had driven out before Israel.)

27 and to be like/as to hear: hear Ahab [obj] [the] word [the] these and to tear garment his and to set: put sackcloth upon flesh his and to fast and to lie down: lay down in/on/with sackcloth and to go: went softly

As soon as Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He even went to bed in sackcloth, and walked around repentantly.

28 and to be word LORD to(wards) Elijah [the] Tishbite to/for to say

Then the Lord sent a message to Elijah the Tishbite:

29 to see: see for be humble Ahab from to/for face: before my because for be humble from face: before my not (to come (in): bring *Qk) [the] distress: harm in/on/with day his in/on/with day son: child his to come (in): bring [the] distress: harm upon house: household his

“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster during his lifetime, but I will bring down disaster on his family in the lifetime of his son.”