1 Kings 21:12-27

12They 1proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth at the head of the people. 13Then the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him; and the worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth 2cursed God and the king.” 3So they took him outside the city and stoned him 4to death with stones. 14Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”

15And when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.” 16When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab got up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

17Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, 5who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it. 19And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “6Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘The Lord says this: “7In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick up your blood, yours as well.”’”

20Then Ahab said to Elijah, “8Have you found me, enemy of mine?” And he 9answered, “I have found you, 10because you have given yourself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord. 21Behold, I am bringing disaster upon you, and I 11will utterly sweep you away, and will eliminate from Ahab every male, both 12bond and free in Israel; 22and 13I will make your house 14like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you 15have misled Israel into sin. 23The Lord has also spoken of Jezebel, saying, ‘16The dogs will eat Jezebel in the 17territory of Jezreel.’ 2418The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and the one who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”

2519There certainly was no one like Ahab who gave himself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord, 20because Jezebel his wife incited him. 2621He also acted very despicably in following idols, 22conforming to everything that the Amorites had done, whom the Lord drove out from the sons of Israel.

27Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that 23he tore his clothes and put 24on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.