Discovery Box| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:9 |
| So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” 1 So the messengers went back and gave their report. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:10 |
| Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely 1 if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:12 |
| When Ben Hadad received this reply, 1 he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. 2 He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:13 |
| Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? 1 Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:28 |
| The prophet 1 visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. 2 Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:32 |
| So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant 1 Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab 2 replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” 3 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:33 |
| The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab 1 then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:35 |
| One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, “Wound me!” 1 But the man refused to wound him. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 20:42 |
| The prophet 1 then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’” 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:2 |
| Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, 1 I will pay you silver for it.” 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:4 |
| So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, 1 “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” 2 He lay down on his bed, pouted, 3 and would not eat. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:5 |
| Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, “Why do you have a bitter attitude and refuse to eat?” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:7 |
| His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! 1 Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. 2 I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:10 |
| Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:11 |
| The men of the 1 city, the leaders 2 and the nobles who lived there, 3 followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. 4 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:13 |
| The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him 1 outside the city and stoned him to death. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:14 |
| Then they reported to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.” 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:15 |
| When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she 1 said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:17 |
| The Lord told Elijah the Tishbite: 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:19 |
| Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood – yes, yours!”’” |
