English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Kings Book, chapter 20, verse 3 in Lxxen Version

1 Kings 20 : 1 (LXXEN)

And Nabuthai the Jezraelite had a vineyard, near the threshingfloor of Achaab king of Samaria.

1 Kings 20 : 2 (LXXEN)

And Achaab spoke to Nabuthai, saying, Give me thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near my house: and I will give thee another vineyard better than it; or if

Gr. it is pleasing to thee

it please thee, I will give thee money, the price of this thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs.

1 Kings 20 : 3 (LXXEN)

And Nabuthai said to Achaab, My God forbid me that I should give thee the inheritance of my fathers.

1 Kings 20 : 4 (LXXEN)

And the spirit of Achaab was troubled, and he lay down upon his bed, and covered his face, and ate no bread.

1 Kings 20 : 5 (LXXEN)

And Jezabel his wife went in to him, and spoke to him, saying, Why is thy spirit troubled, and why dost thou eat no bread?

1 Kings 20 : 6 (LXXEN)

And he said to her, Because I spoke to Nabuthai the Jezraelite, saying, Give me thy vineyard for money; or if thou wilt, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.

1 Kings 20 : 7 (LXXEN)

And Jezabel his wife said to him, Dost thou now thus act the king over Israel? arise, and eat bread, and be

Or, like thyself

thine own master, and I will give thee the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite.

1 Kings 20 : 8 (LXXEN)

And she wrote a

Gr. book

letter in the name of Achaab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the

Possibly nobles is here meant

freemen who dwelt with Nabuthai.

1 Kings 20 : 9 (LXXEN)

And

Gr. had been written

it was written in the letters, saying, Keep a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.

1 Kings 20 : 10 (LXXEN)

And set two men, sons of transgressors, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, He

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blessed God and the king: and let them lead him forth, and stone him, and let them die.

1 Kings 20 : 11 (LXXEN)

And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.

1 Kings 20 : 12 (LXXEN)

And they

Gr. called

proclaimed a fast, and set Nebuthai in a chief place among the people.

1 Kings 20 : 13 (LXXEN)

And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died.

1 Kings 20 : 14 (LXXEN)

And they sent to Jezabel, saying, Nabuthai is stoned, and is dead.

1 Kings 20 : 15 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard it, that she said to Achaab, Arise,

Gr. inherit

take possession of the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, who

Gr. sold it not

would not sell it to thee: for Nebuthai is not alive, for he is dead.

1 Kings 20 : 16 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass, when Achaab heard that Nabuthai the Jezraelite was dead, that he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth. And it came to pass afterward, that Achaab arose and went down to the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite,

Gr. to inherit it

to take possession of it.

1 Kings 20 : 17 (LXXEN)

And the Lord spoke to Eliu the Thesbite, saying,

1 Kings 20 : 18 (LXXEN)

Arise, and go down to meet Achaab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he is in the vineyard of Nabuthai, for he has gone down thither to take possession of it.

1 Kings 20 : 19 (LXXEN)

And thou shalt speak to him, saying,

Gr. these things

Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast slain and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and the dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthai, there shall the dogs lick thy blood; and the harlots shall wash themselves in thy blood.

1 Kings 20 : 20 (LXXEN)

And Achaab said to Eliu, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? and he said, I have found thee: because thou hast

Gr. foolishly, or in vain

wickedly sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger;

1 Kings 20 : 21 (LXXEN)

behold, I bring

Gr. evils

evil upon thee: and I will kindle a fire after thee, and I will utterly destroy every male of Achaab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel.

1 Kings 20 : 22 (LXXEN)

And I will

Gr. give

make thy house as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa son of Achia, because of the provocations wherewith thou hast provoked me, and caused Israel to sin.

1 Kings 20 : 23 (LXXEN)

And the Lord

Or, to Jezabel

spoke of Jezabel, saying, The dogs shall devour her

Or, by

within the fortification of Jezrael.

1 Kings 20 : 24 (LXXEN)

Him that is dead of Achaab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that is dead of him in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.

1 Kings 20 : 25 (LXXEN)

But Achaab did wickedly,

Gr. who sold, etc.

in that he sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his wife Jezabel led him astray.

1 Kings 20 : 26 (LXXEN)

And he did very abominably in following after the abominations, according to all that the Amorite did, whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel.

1 Kings 20 : 27 (LXXEN)

And because of the word, Achaab was pierced with sorrow before

Gr. the face, as it were, of the Lord

the Lord, and he both went weeping, and rent his garment, and girt sackcloth upon his body, and fasted; he put on sackcloth also in the day that he smote Nabuthai the Jezraelite, and went his way.

1 Kings 20 : 28 (LXXEN)

And the word of the Lord came by the hand of his servant Eliu concerning Achaab, and the Lord said,

1 Kings 20 : 29 (LXXEN)

Hast thou seen how Achaab has been pricked to the heart before me? I will not bring on the evil in his days, but in his son’s days will I bring on the evil.