Ahab and Jezebel

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In [https://www.britannica.com/place/Jezreel-ancient-city-Israel Jezreel], there lived a man named Naboth. He owned a vineyard near the palace of King Ahab, who desired to turn it into a vegetable garden. When Ahab proposed to buy the vineyard, Naboth refused, citing God’s commandment that forbids the sale of ancestral inheritance. This refusal greatly distressed Ahab, leading him to lie down on his bed and refuse to eat.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A4&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:4 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Upon learning of this situation, Jezebel devised a plot to forcibly take Naboth’s vineyard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A7&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:7 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>

She first bribed the [[Elder|elders]] of the city where Naboth lived to seat him in a prominent place. Then, she had two scoundrels give false testimony, claiming that he had cursed God and the king. This constituted an abuse of Israel’s [[Law of Moses|law]], which required the testimony of two or three witnesses to condemn someone.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+19%3A15&version=NIV |title=Deuteronomy 19:15 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Falsely accused of cursing God and the king, Naboth was taken outside the city and stoned to death by the people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A11-14&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:11–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>

She first bribed the [[Elder|elders]] of the city where Naboth lived to seat him in a prominent place. Then, she had two scoundrels give false testimony, claiming that he had cursed God and the king. This constituted an abuse of Israel’s [[The Law of Moses|law]], which required the testimony of two or three witnesses to condemn someone.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+19%3A15&version=NIV |title=Deuteronomy 19:15 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Falsely accused of cursing God and the king, Naboth was taken outside the city and stoned to death by the people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A11-14&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:11–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>

When Ahab heard the news that Naboth was dead, he went down to take possession of his vineyard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A16&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:16 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> There, the prophet Elijah was waiting for Ahab to deliver God’s message to him. Elijah prophesied the horrific deaths of Ahab and his wife, Jezebel. He declared that dogs would lick Ahab’s blood and consume Jezebel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A17-25&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:17–25 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>

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 In [https://www.britannica.com/place/Jezreel-ancient-city-Israel Jezreel], there lived a man named Naboth. He owned a vineyard near the palace of King Ahab, who desired to turn it into a vegetable garden. When Ahab proposed to buy the vineyard, Naboth refused, citing God’s commandment that forbids the sale of ancestral inheritance. This refusal greatly distressed Ahab, leading him to lie down on his bed and refuse to eat.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A4&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:4 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Upon learning of this situation, Jezebel devised a plot to forcibly take Naboth’s vineyard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A7&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:7 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>
-She first bribed the [[Elder|elders]] of the city where Naboth lived to seat him in a prominent place. Then, she had two scoundrels give false testimony, claiming that he had cursed God and the king. This constituted an abuse of Israel’s [[Law of Moses|law]], which required the testimony of two or three witnesses to condemn someone.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+19%3A15&version=NIV |title=Deuteronomy 19:15 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Falsely accused of cursing God and the king, Naboth was taken outside the city and stoned to death by the people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A11-14&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:11–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>
+She first bribed the [[Elder|elders]] of the city where Naboth lived to seat him in a prominent place. Then, she had two scoundrels give false testimony, claiming that he had cursed God and the king. This constituted an abuse of Israel’s [[The Law of Moses|law]], which required the testimony of two or three witnesses to condemn someone.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+19%3A15&version=NIV |title=Deuteronomy 19:15 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Falsely accused of cursing God and the king, Naboth was taken outside the city and stoned to death by the people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A11-14&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:11–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>
 When Ahab heard the news that Naboth was dead, he went down to take possession of his vineyard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A16&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:16 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> There, the prophet Elijah was waiting for Ahab to deliver God’s message to him. Elijah prophesied the horrific deaths of Ahab and his wife, Jezebel. He declared that dogs would lick Ahab’s blood and consume Jezebel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+21%3A17-25&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 21:17–25 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>

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