What's Your Price?

As we've been looking here at King Ahab and how he is, we know, has been stated as the most evil king to this point in Israel's history.

And, you know, we find here that Ahab last time had been confronted by the Lord through the prophet

because he made a covenant with Ben-Hadad of Syria up there in verse 34 of chapter 20.

And so he gets reprimanded by God for making a covenant that he shouldn't have made.

You know, he made a partnership that shouldn't have been made.

You know, today we need to realize that as we look at this lesson tonight,

the importance of not making partnerships and covenants with people that God would not want us to be partnered with.

Because it has an impact upon your life.

It impacts things about how God is working.

It limits that, but also it can bring judgment.

Because as we're going to look here tonight as he goes back home to Samaria,

and we're going to find here that he goes back home and he's mad about it.

You know, it's one of those things that we find here that people, he gets upset about it.

Look here in chapter 20, look at verse 43 of our text here tonight in chapter 20,

then we'll move into 21.

And it says,

The king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased and came to Samaria.

So we see here that he was upset with God about God's judgment upon his decision.

You know, and oftentimes we need to know that God will hold us accountable for our decisions.

Hold us accountable for those things.

And we find here that Ahab, we're going to look here tonight because God talks about Ahab selling out to the wrong thing.

You know, and so the lesson tonight is called, is going to talk about what's your price.

Because, you know, oftentimes, especially today, people will sell out if the price gets right.

You know, if the benefit outweighs what they see as the negatives, they will sell out to it.

And so we're going to look tonight as Ahab was about to sell out, one, to his desires,

but also to allow his wife Jezebel to do some things that's totally contrary to the word of God.

And so as we're going to begin looking here, look at verse 1 here in chapter 21.

And it says,

And it came to pass after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel,

and hard by the place of Ahab king of Samaria.

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying,

Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house,

and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than that.

Or if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

And Naboth said to Ahab,

The Lord forbid it me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

And Ahab came to his house heavy and displeased,

because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him.

For he had said,

I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.

And he laid him down upon his bed,

and turned away his face,

and would eat no bread.

Let's pray.

Heavenly Father, as we just come before you tonight, Lord,

as we look at the life of Ahab,

and even this man Naboth a little bit,

Lord, we pray that you just help us to understand the importance of things

in a way of not selling out to things,

because it may be convenient or profitable.

But Lord, we might not let go of your heritage that you've given,

and that you've provided for us.

And Lord, we pray just have your hand upon the message,

upon the time together,

as we take a few minutes to look and examine your word here tonight.

And so, as we look here tonight,

we find here that his character,

Ahab's getting,

we're learning a lot more about Ahab and his character.

His character that we have tonight is one that's not of maturity,

but of childishness.

It's immature.

I mean, as you read through this,

and you think about what Ahab did,

doesn't it remind you of a child?

He gets angry and upset,

and he goes to his bed,

and turns his face to the wall,

and says,

I'm not going to eat anything.

You know, that's immaturity showing forth.

Immaturity that is there,

but we're going to look here tonight,

because we find here that he was coveting

a particular vineyard that he had his eye on.

He desired to have it.

He wanted to purchase it.

You notice in verse 1,

it says that Nabath the Jezreelite had a vineyard,

which was in Jezreel,

the hard by the palace of Ahab,

king of Samaria.

And so Ahab sees his vineyard,

and says,

I want,

I desire that vineyard.

Now, I want you to understand,

on the surface,

when you begin reading this,

you say,

well, he went to purchase it.

What's wrong with purchasing it?

You know,

but there were some other details

that we see,

because how he responded

tells us what the intent of his heart was.

You know,

the one thing oftentimes people forget,

how you respond to something,

tells you what the intent was to begin with.

And we see his anger and resentfulness

that's coming here,

this coveting that he had.

He coveted the vineyard,

as we're going to watch here,

because he starts and he goes

with the conversation that's taking place here.

And it says,

he goes in verse 2,

and he spake unto Naboth,

saying,

give me thy vineyard,

that I may have it for a garden of herbs,

because it was near unto my house,

and I will give thee a better vineyard than it,

or if it seemed good to thee,

I will give thee the worth of it in money.

And so he approaches Naboth

about buying or trading this vineyard.

He says,

basically,

he says,

what's your price?

You know,

what's your price on this?

You know,

oftentimes in life,

the devil offers us the same things.

The devil begins to look,

and we're going to see Naboth's response here.

Because Naboth,

we're going to see here,

was a man of character,

and a man that feared God

in how he responded.

Because it wasn't just about him

that he didn't want to sell.

He didn't want to give up the vineyard.

It wasn't about him,

but it was about the heritage

that had been given to him

that he was responsible for.

And so we're going to see here,

because Naboth's reply was not just,

I don't want to sell.

I want you to see here,

his response was,

I cannot sell.

I cannot give it away.

I cannot trade it off.

And you say,

well,

why couldn't he?

Well,

this goes back,

look back in the book of Numbers

for a moment.

Numbers chapter 36,

Numbers 36 · chapter mention

because you have to keep in mind

that God gave the Israelites

commands as they went into the land.

If you remember,

when Joshua went into the land,

what did they do

amongst all the tribes?

Each tribe got a portion of land,

and then the people within that tribe

got a portion of that portion.

And we're going to see here,

as we look at Numbers chapter 36,

Numbers 36 · chapter mention

and notice what it says in verse 7.

It says,

so shall not the inheritance

of the children of Israel

remove from tribe to tribe,

for every one of the children of Israel

shall keep himself to the inheritance

of the tribe of his fathers.

In other words,

they had a responsibility

attached to what they were given.

You know,

we can apply this even in our lives today.

As believers today,

we have a responsibility

for what God's given us.

What are we doing with God's heritage

that he's given to us?

Are we using it and protecting it,

or are we willing to sell it?

You know,

because I want you to understand,

within the tribe,

you'll find something that could happen

that could take place

because there would be times

when the land would be put up

for usury,

or they would have to borrow money against it,

and it would be sometimes

transferred within the tribe,

but it would be within the tribe

that that was taking place.

In other words,

if they were the tribe of Gad,

it had to be somebody else

that was of the tribe of Gad

that would take possession of it.

But I want you to see,

turn to Leviticus chapter 25,

Leviticus 25 · chapter mention

because Leviticus 25,

even tells us some interesting things

about how God looked at the land,

even if they had to sell it

for financial reasons

or other dynamics in place.

You know,

notice what it says

in Leviticus 25 in verse 10.

It says,

And ye shall hallow the 50th year

and proclaim liberty

throughout all the land

and all the inhabitants thereof,

and it shall be a jubilee unto you,

and ye shall return every man

unto his possession,

and ye shall return

every man unto his family.

You know,

God had a way

of making sure people

couldn't become greedy

and overpowerful.

That's really what God was doing

in keeping them

from leveraging

their resources

against one another,

because here in Leviticus 25,

you know what it says?

On the 50th year,

the land resorted automatically

back to the family

that was originally given.

It was given back to the family

to which it was originally given.

God had a plan

that everybody

would have a possession,

that everybody

would have that.

And we see

that Naboth

understood

that he was holding on

to not what just belonged to him

in the eyes of Ahab.

He was holding on

to a heritage

that God had given him.

He was holding on

to something far greater

than the vineyard.

You know,

today,

we need to realize

that what God has given us

as a spiritual heritage

when you become his child

is far greater

than anything else.

And when we realize

the importance of it,

you know,

look a little later there

in Leviticus chapter 25

Leviticus 25 · chapter mention

and look in verse 23.

It says,

the land shall not be sold forever

for the land is mine

for ye are strangers

and sojourners with me.

You know,

in Leviticus,

you find out God says,

hey,

it's going to resort back

and you know,

the first thing

somebody's going to say,

well,

I paid for that.

You know what God says?

You don't own it anyways.

God says,

it belongs to me

and you're just

being allowed to use it.

You know,

we could spend a lot of time

even on that tonight

when it comes to

what we possess.

Because sometimes

we get the idea

that I've acquired it,

I've got it,

it's mine.

But the reality is

there's nothing we have

that doesn't already

belong to God.

And when we realize

that it's God's,

it impacts us

because simply Naboth

was not willing,

it had nothing to do

with the land,

it had everything to do

with the heritage.

Because take a look

at what it tells us here

in verse 3

and it says,

the Lord forbid it me.

Now,

what's he basing it on?

What's Naboth

basing his commitment on?

He says,

the Lord forbid

that I would sell it

to somebody

outside of my tribe.

I don't care who you are.

I'm not going to be,

my heritage

is not up for sale.

It's not something

that's up for negotiation.

Because notice it says

that I should give

the inheritance

of my fathers

unto thee.

You know?

But we see here

that Naboth

was a man of character,

but then we contrast

that with Ahab.

Ahab here,

we're going to see here,

is really,

instead of Ahab the horrible,

you might say Ahab the childish.

You know?

Because,

look at his response.

He comes home

sad

and angry

about him being rejected.

Things didn't go

the way he wants.

Look at verse 4.

It says,

And Ahab came into his house

heavy and displeased.

Now notice,

this is the same response

earlier

up in verse 43

against what God

had told him

about making

the wrong covenant.

In other words,

he's reacting

the same way

when he doesn't

like the outcome.

And so we see here,

And because the word

of Naboth the Jezerite

had spoken to him,

for he said,

I will not give thee

the inheritance

of my father,

and laid him down

upon his bed

and turned away his face

and would not eat.

You know?

I don't know about you,

but that's a childish

pouting, isn't it?

You know,

oftentimes,

even as believers,

we can pout about

what God tells us

because what did Naboth

tell him?

Naboth just told him

what God said.

He didn't say,

I'm not going to sell it

because I don't like you.

I'm not going to sell it

because of,

you're not offering me

much money.

I'm not offering,

I'm not going to not sell it

to you for whatever reason

you put there.

He says,

I'm not going to sell it

because it doesn't belong to me.

It's a heritage God has given.

He's quoting back there

from Numbers in Leviticus.

He's applying the principles

of God's truth

and the ungodly,

you know,

today,

the ungodly get upset

when you apply God's truth.

You better be ready

for ungodly people

to get upset

when you apply

godly truth

to situations.

Just as Ahab did

about Naboth.

Because Naboth

wasn't being disrespectful.

Naboth was just

honoring God

first.

And we need to do that.

But we're going to see here

that Ahab, though,

he returns home.

He's heavy

and displeased,

the Bible tells us.

He's sad

and he's angry

and he's pouting.

And so he goes

and crawls in his bed,

looks at the wall

and says,

I'm not eating anything.

You know?

Now,

how many moms

of four-year-olds

say that's,

you know,

if you have kids,

that fits the description,

doesn't it?

That's exactly

how a kid gets upset

when they're mad

and they're angry

and they want to go pout

and hide in the corner

and do what they want to do.

You know,

really,

Ahab,

we're going to see here

that he was really

a shallow,

immature little brat

in his life

about how he processed things.

You know?

And we see here

because you know

what made him immature?

The same thing

that makes people

immature today.

What makes you

immature in the Lord

even if you're saved

is because you hold

on to the things

of the flesh

more than you hold

on to the things

of the Spirit.

Your flesh

hinders you.

Look in the New Testament

for them.

Go to 2 Peter 2.

2 Peter 2

and we'll look here

in verse 9

because notice here

it says in verse 9,

the Lord knoweth

how to deliver

the godly out of temptations

and to reserve

the unjust

under the day

of judgment

to be punished.

But chiefly them

that walk what?

After the flesh

and the lust

of uncleanness

and despise government

presumptuously

are they self-willed

they are not afraid

to speak evil

of dignities.

In other words,

we see here

that Ahab

didn't care

what God said.

Naboth told him

the word of God

but in his flesh

he said

I don't care

what God said

about it.

You know,

when we don't care

about what God says

where does that come from?

It comes from our flesh.

It's not pleasing

what we want.

We become heavy

and displeased

with the things

God has said.

And so as we see here

he lays upon his bed

pouting

his covetousness

his greed

his desire

is showing forth

because he's pouting

about not being able

to buy the land.

You have to be greedy

or desiring

or coveting

that land

and that possession

if you went to buy it

and the guy told you no

and you get all upset

about it.

You know,

we realize

that that's one of the

basic commandments

God's given us.

That's one of the

ten commandments.

Thou shalt not what?

Covet.

You know,

Exodus 20 verse 17

Exodus 20:17

look what it says there

it says

thou shalt not covet

thy neighbor's house

thou shalt not covet

thy neighbor's wife

nor his man's servant

nor his maid's servant

nor his ox

nor his ass

or anything

that is thy neighbor's.

It's interesting

that Naboth's plot

of land

neighbored

right up next to

Ahab's.

But what was Ahab's problem?

He wanted

what his neighbor had.

His problem with the flesh

his problem with coveting

with that

and so we see

his childishness

but we're going to look

here tonight

because I want you to see

the scheme

of Jezebel

because Jezebel

his wife

if you want to do a study

do a study of Jezebel

and where she's referenced

in the scripture

because she's

one of the women

you'll find referenced

in scripture

that never has a good

connotation.

There's never a good

connotation attached

to Jezebel

and we've talked about

her a little bit

but notice her

inquiry about this.

Look at verse 5.

Here's Ahab

pouting in his bedroom

you know

he's tucked up

against the wall

he's pouting

and his wife

Jezebel

comes in

and looks at him

and says

and said to him

why is thy spirit

so sad

and thou eatest

no bread

you know

so his wife

comes in

and says

what's wrong

why are you pouting

you know

why do you have

a sad countenance

and we see her

as he looks down

through here

in verse 6

he said

and he said unto her

because I spake

unto Naboth

the Jezreelite

and said unto him

give me thy vineyard

for money

or else

if it please thee

I give thee

another vineyard for it

and he answered

I will not give thee

my vineyard

and Jezebel

his wife

said unto him

now notice

Jezebel's response here

because this is

important statement

that she makes

in her assumptions

of what

a king is

and what a leader is

because

I want you to see here

what did she say

what she asked him

she looks at Ahab

and says

does thou now govern

the kingdom of Israel

now we can read that

you know what that really states

is this

she looks at her husband

Ahab the king

and says

aren't you in charge

aren't you the one

in authority

you're the king

you're the one

that has

absolute

authority

dost thou now govern

aren't you a king

you know what

Jezebel's problem was

is she made a

worldly assessment

of leaders

she made a

worldly assessment

she assumed

the absolute

total authority

of a king

that's the worldly

mindset of a king

and leaders

isn't it

that they want to have

absolute authority

it's the world idea

of rulers

but not God's idea

because even all the

kings of Israel

understood

if you look at

Saul understood it

even at the very beginning

you see David understood it

you see Solomon

understood it

you see some of the other

kings along the way

understood

that yes

God rose them up

to that position

but that position

came with responsibility

there's responsibilities

given to it

you know look into the

New Testament

go to Mark chapter 10

Mark 10 · chapter mention

Mark chapter 10

Mark 10 · chapter mention

we see here in verse 44

because notice what

Jesus tells his disciples

you know

and you know it's

interesting the disciples

quite a few times

began to argue over what

who was going to be what

greatest

you know

they were worried about

who was going to have

authority

you know that's really

what their main concern

was

is who's going to have

the prominence

who's going to have

the authority

who's going to have

the say

but look here in verse 44

of Mark 10

it says

and whosoever

of you will be

the chiefest

shall be what

servant of all

now notice what

he correlates it to

when Jesus looks at

and says

for even the son of man

came not to be

ministered unto

but to minister

and to give his life

a ransom

for many

spiritual leadership

and that includes

all steps

whether it's a pastor

or whether it's

being a dad

or whether it's

just being somebody

responsible for yourself

we have to have

entering into it

with the right attitude

we're entering into it

with a godly heritage

and not a fleshly heritage

enter into it

with the right mindset

for that

you know

and you know

even as Peter

makes mention there

in 1 Peter 5

he says

to feed the flock

of God

which among you

taking the oversight

thereof

not by constraint

but willingly

not for filthy lucre

but of a ready mind

neither being lords

over God's

what?

Heritage

you know

the heritage

God gives us

is not something

that gives us

authority

it's what God

blesses us with

and we see

God's blessing

in that

but Jezebel

came with a worldly

mindset

she came from

she was a daughter

of a king

who practiced

absolute authority

that's the reason

she looked at Ahab

and said

what's wrong with you?

if you want it

take it

you're the king

and I want you

to see here

is the acquisition

of her authority

because now

Jezebel

does something

that steps out

of God's authority

she takes charge

over her husband

she steps out

and does something

because Jezebel

was a dominant

and domineering woman

she took authority

that was neither given

or

that she possessed

now

that's not very popular

today

but that's the reality

that's God's word

because you know

when we get things

out of God's order

we end up

with a mess

anytime

you take things

out of God's order

you end up

with things upside down

and I want you

we'll cover that

in another lesson

in a little more detail

but I want you

to look here tonight

because notice

what she says

in verse 7

when she says this

at the end of verse 7

she says

I will give thee

the vineyard

of Naboth

the Jezreelite

she just looks

at her husband

and says

you're king

you're the one

in charge

and she says

well hold on

I'll take it

I'll give it to you

we see here

that she takes

authority

even from her husband

and notice

what it tells us here

is it works

in here

she writes a letter

and notice

what she writes

there in verse 9

and she wrote

in the letters

saying

proclaim a fast

and set Naboth

on high

among the people

and set two men

sons of Bilal

before him

to bear witness

against him

saying

thou didst

blaspheme

God

and the king

and then

carry him out

and stone him

that he may die

now

I want you to see

here

she does something

that people do

today too

because what

you'll find

interesting

is she doesn't

take something

strange to the people

and twists it

she writes

a letter

to those

of Jezreel

and says

proclaim a fast

now a fast

is something

that was

proclaimed

in Israel

because of

one there was

a problem

that needed

dealt with

so she takes

a religious

pretext

she proclaims

a fast

now let's take

a look at that

Isaiah 58

for a moment

because if we look

at this idea

of what she's

using

because you know

oftentimes today

people will use

a religious

context

to twist it

to make it

to say something

or to do

something

that's not

what it means

of what God

said

you know

we can see

that all the

time

today I mean

one of the

things you'll

see

well God

is love

well we've

got to understand

that yes

God loves

everybody

and God

is the

author of

love

but let's

define what

that love

means

because they're

trying to play

religious context

into something

that isn't

there

they're trying

to take

things that

are there

it's like

today you

see

well love

thy neighbor

we just need

to have

open borders

you know

what

I'll get

political

for a moment

love thy

neighbor

is not

open borders

that's going

against God's

rule of nations

and sovereignty

you're not

loving anybody

by just

letting your

country be

destroyed

you're causing

havoc

in that

but notice

here in

verse 50

in Isaiah

Isaiah 58:4

58

verse 4

notice what

it says

behold ye

fast for

strife

and debate

and to

smite

with the

fist

of the

wickedness

ye shall

not fast

as you

do this

day

to make

your voice

to be

heard

on high

now I want

you to

understand

when children

of Israel

fasted

it was

not to

manipulate

or control

fasting

you'll find

was to get

your voice

heard

on high

in other

words to

get your

heart

right with

God

and to

get connected

with God

that's

godly

definition

of

fasting

look at

verse 5

of that

same

passage

it says

it is such

a fast

that I

have chosen

a day

for a man

to afflict

his soul

is to bow

down his

head

as a

bull rush

and to

spread

sackcloth

and ashes

under him

wilt thou

call this

a fast

an acceptable

day to

the Lord

is not

this the

fast

that I

have chosen

to loose

the bands

of wickedness

to undo

the heavy

burdens

and to

let the

oppressed

go free

and to

break

every

yoke

I want

you to

see

God's

definition

of a

fast

was to

get

somebody

right

with

God

get

them

right

with

them

make

sure

if

there

was

a

need

or

there

was

something

that

was

required

or

beneficial

to say

I want

to get

serious

with

God

but

you know

what

she

declared

something

religious

to be

able to

manipulate

she

used

something

religious

to

manipulate

the

people

you know

today

often times

things get

used

that are

religious

that manipulate

people

we need

to make

sure

that it's

being used

in the

right

context

because

notice

what she

did

she

hires

two

guys

to bear

false

witness

two

sons

of

Belial

the

Bible

calls

them

you know

we

see

that

what

she

has

is

she

wants

to

declare

a

fast

and

she

said

she

has

set

up

two

men

sons

of

Belial

before

him

to bear

witness

against

him

saying

thou

did

blaspheme

the

God

and

the

king

you know

here we

go

again

thou

shalt

not

covet

!

and the

one

right

above

that

in

Exodus

Exodus 20:16

chapter

20

verse

16

is

thou

shalt

not

bear

false

witness

!

it's

interesting

that

you

got

one

sin

builds

to

another

sin

they

tied

together

you know

when we

realize

the men

of

Belial

evil

people

that

would

do

anything

for

gain

what

were

they

going

to

do

they

were

going

to

lie

about

something

they

were

going

to

lie

about

Naboth

saying

he

blasphemed

God

and the

king

he

was

not

only

against

God

he

was

against

God's

authority

they

were

trying

to

manipulate

in

that

there

was

a

lie

look

back

into

Exodus

Exodus 22 · chapter mention

chapter

22

for a

moment

Exodus

Exodus 22 · chapter mention

chapter

22

and we

find

here

that

God

warns

the

children

of

Israel

in

that

he

says

thou

shalt

not

revile

their

gods

nor

curse

the

rulers

of

thy

people

you

know

God

tells

them

that

they're

how

they're

supposed

to

do

how

they

respond

to

that

but

what

does

she

what

does

Jezebel

apply

to

this

look

over

to

Leviticus

24

in

verse

16

because

you

know

what

I

want

you

to

understand

the

devil

knows

scripture

if

you

don't

think

the

devil

knows

scripture

you're

naive

because

you

remember

even

when he

came

to

tempt

Jesus

what

did

he

try

to

tempt

Jesus

with

he

took

a

passage

of

scripture

out

of

context

to

try

to

trip

Jesus

up

with

!

you

know

what

the

devil

still

does

the

same

thing

to

people

today

he'll

take

a

passage

of

scripture

and

twist

it

and

make

it

sound

good

you

get

all

sorts

of

false

doctrines

from

it

look

here

Leviticus

24

in

verse

16

says

and

he

that

blasphemeth

the

name

of

the

Lord

he

shall

surely

be

put

to

death

and

all

the

congregation

shall

certainly

stone

him

as

well

as

a

stranger

as

him

and

he

that

is

born

in

the

land

and

he

that

blasphemeth

the

name

of

the

Lord

shall

be

put

to

death

so

when

she

writes

this

letter

what's

she

applying

it

to

she

says

I'm

going

to

take

he

was

an

individual

who

wanted

to

honor

God

that's

the

reason

he

didn't

want

to

sell

the

land

remember

it

didn't

have

anything

to

do

with

him

he

said

I'm

not

going

to

sell

the

heritage

my

responsibility

before

God

I'm

not

going

to

sell

out

to

something

that

God

has

told

me

I

ought

to

hold

in

high

esteem

and

hold

on

to

you

know

one

thing

we

can

learn

intertwine

there's

a

problem

you

know

what

Jezebel

did

she

took

government

and

took

religion

and

intertwined

them

for

her

twisted

benefit

you

know

we

looked

at

that

in

our

Sunday

school

series

a

little

while

ago

about

the

dynamic

of

government

that

government

is

not

God

but

government

has

godly

people

are

government's

conscience

you

know

we

help

keep

things

in

the

right

focus

in

the

right

perspective

but

they're

not

to

be

mixed

you

know

when

you

let

government

control

religion

you

get

tyranny

you

get

destruction

because

they

begin

to

use

it

to

manipulate

you

know

you

can

see

that

if

you

want

to

study

a

little

history

you

can

look

at

even

early

American

history

and

the

English

kings

talking

about

their

absolute

authority

you

know

their

context

was

the

same

thing

that

Jezebel

used

to say

I have

absolute

authority

and no

responsibility

tried to

play that

same

card

but we're

going to

see here

let's take a

look at

what happened

look at

verse 12

it tells us

here it

says

notice

notice what

happens

here

she writes

a letter

she takes

authority

she twists

scripture

she misapplies

she puts

those things

out there

she kills

a man

who wants

to honor

God

in what

he's doing

and then

we find

her response

is by

finishing

stealing

the property

because then

she says

okay

Naboth

is gone

we're just

going to

claim it

you know

I'll get

in trouble

with this

one

they just

did

eminent

domain

well

they're

dead

so we'll

just take

it

notice

what he

says

here

in verse

15

it came

to pass

when

Jezebel

heard

that

Naboth

was

stoned

and was

dead

that Jezebel

said to

Ahab

arise

take

possession

of the

vineyard

of Naboth

the Jezerite

he refused

to give

thee

money

for