1 Kings · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
1 Kings 21 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And the son of Hadad gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, [he] and thirty-two kings with him, and all [his] horse and chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
1 After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2 And he sent into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, Thus says the son of Hadad,
2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
3 Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy children are mine.
3 Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
4 And the king of Israel answered and said, As thou hast said, my lord, O king, I am thine, and all mine [also].
4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus says the son of Hadad, I sent to thee, saying, Thou shalt give me thy silver and thy gold, and thy wives and thy children.
5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?”
6 For at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants, and it shall be that all the desirable objects of their eyes on which they shall lay their hands, they shall even take [them].
6 He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
7 And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Take notice now and consider, that this man seeks mischief: for he has sent to me concerning my wives, and concerning my sons, and concerning my daughters: I have not kept back from him my silver and my gold.
7 Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
8 And the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, and consent not.
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
9 And he said to the messengers of the son of Hadad, Say to your master, All things that thou hast sent to thy servant about at first I will do; but this thing I shall not be able to do. And the men departed, and carried back the answer to him.
9 She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
10 And the son of Hadad sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for foxes to all the people, even my infantry.
10 Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Let it be sufficient; let not the humpbacked boast as he that is upright.
11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them.
12 And it came to pass when he returned him this answer, he and all the kings with him were drinking in tents: and he said to his servants, Form a trench. And they made a trench against the city.
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
13 And, behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen this great multitude? behold, I give it this day into thy hands; and thou shalt know that I [am] the Lord.
13 The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
14 And Ahab said, Whereby? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, By the young men of the heads of the districts. And Ahab said, Who shall begin the battle? and he said, Thou.
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
15 And Ahab numbered the young men the heads of the districts, and they were two hundred and thirty: and afterward he numbered the people, [even] every man fit for war, seven thousand.
15 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.”
16 And he went forth at noon, and the son of Hadad was drinking [and] getting drunk in Succoth, he and the kings, [even] thirty and two kings, his allies.
16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
17 And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.
17 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18 And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive:
18 “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
19 and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them
19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
20 smote each one the man next to him; and each one a second time smote the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Hadad, [even] the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.
20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight.
21 And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote [the enemy] with a great slaughter in Syria.
21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said, Strengthen thyself, and observe, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the son of Hadad king of Syria comes up against thee.
22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”
23 And the servants of the king of Syria, even they said, The God of Israel [is] a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us: but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them.
23 Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
24 And do thou this thing: Send away the kings, each one to his place, and set princes in their stead.
24 The dogs will eat whoever dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the field.”
25 And we will give thee [another] army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.
25 But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Hadad reviewed Syria, and went up to Aphek to war against Israel.
26 He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and came to meet them: and Israel encamped before them as two little flocks of goats, but Syria filled the land.
27 When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.
28 And there came the man of God, and said to the king of Israel, Thus saith the Lord, Because Syria has said, The Lord God of Israel [is] a God of the hills, and he [is] not a God of the valleys, therefore will I give this great army into thy hand, and thou shalt know that I [am] the Lord.
28 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29 And they encamp one over against the other before them seven days. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the battle drew on, and Israel smote Syria, [even] a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
29 “See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”
30 And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left: and the son of Hadad fled, and entered into an inner chamber, into a closet.
30 Not in this translation
31 And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.
31 Not in this translation
32 So they girded sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Thy servant the son of Hadad says, Let our souls live, I pray thee. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother.
32 Not in this translation
33 And the men divined, and offered drink offerings; and they caught the word out of his mouth, and said, Thy brother the son of Hadad. And he said, Go ye in and fetch him. And the son of Hadad went out to him, and they cause him to go up to him into the chariot.
33 Not in this translation
34 And he said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore to thee; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let thee go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
34 Not in this translation
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray. And the man would not smite him.
35 Not in this translation
36 And he said to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, therefore, behold, as thou departest from me, a lion shall smite thee: and he departed from him, and a lion found him, and smote him.
36 Not in this translation
37 And he finds another man, and says, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, and in smiting wounded [him].
37 Not in this translation
38 And the prophet went and stood before the king of Israel by the way, and bound his eyes with a bandage.
38 Not in this translation
39 And it came to pass as the king passed by, that he cried aloud to the king, and said, Thy servant went out to war, and, behold, a man brought [another] man to me, and said to me, Keep this man; and if he should by any means escape, then thy life shall go for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
39 Not in this translation
40 And it came to pass, that thy servant looked round this way and that way, and the man was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, Behold, thou hast also destroyed snares [set] for me.
40 Not in this translation
41 And he hastened, and took away the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.
41 Not in this translation
42 And he said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast suffered to escape out of thy hand a man appointed to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
42 Not in this translation
43 And the king of Israel departed confounded and discouraged, and came to Samaria.
43 Not in this translation
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 19:18; 1 Kings 18:45–46; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Judges 6:33; Ezra 9:13–14
- 2 1 Samuel 8:14; James 1:14–15; 1 Timothy 6:9; Genesis 16:6; 2 Kings 9:27
- 3 Numbers 36:7; Leviticus 25:23; Ezekiel 46:18; Joshua 22:29; Genesis 44:7
- 4 1 Kings 20:43; James 1:14; Job 5:2; Habakkuk 2:9–12; 1 Kings 21:3
- 5 1 Kings 16:31; 2 Samuel 13:4; Genesis 3:6; Esther 4:5; 1 Kings 19:2
- 6 Esther 5:9–14; Proverbs 14:30; James 4:2–7; 1 Kings 21:2–4; 1 Timothy 6:9–10
- 7 Micah 7:3; 1 Samuel 8:4; Ecclesiastes 8:4; 1 Kings 21:15–16; Micah 2:1–2
- 8 Ezra 4:7–8; Numbers 11:16; 2 Kings 10:11; Esther 8:8–13; Deuteronomy 16:18–19
- 9 Isaiah 58:4; Luke 20:47; Matthew 2:8; Matthew 23:13; John 18:28
- 10 Exodus 22:28; Acts 6:11; Leviticus 24:15–16; Deuteronomy 19:15; Deuteronomy 13:13
- 11 2 Chronicles 24:21; Leviticus 19:15; Matthew 2:16; Micah 6:16; Acts 4:19
- 12 Isaiah 58:4; 1 Kings 21:8–10
- 13 2 Kings 9:26; Psalm 35:11; Job 2:9; Exodus 20:16; Proverbs 6:19
- 14 Ecclesiastes 5:8; 2 Samuel 11:14–24; Ecclesiastes 8:14
- 15 Proverbs 1:10–16; 1 Kings 21:7; Proverbs 4:17
- 16 Psalm 50:18; 2 Samuel 23:15–17; Isaiah 33:15; 2 Samuel 1:13–16; 2 Samuel 4:9–12
- 17 Psalm 9:12; Isaiah 26:21; 2 Kings 1:15–16; 2 Kings 5:26
- 18 1 Kings 13:32; 2 Chronicles 22:9
- 19 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Samuel 12:9; Habakkuk 2:12; Psalm 7:15–16; Genesis 3:11
- 20 Romans 7:14; 2 Kings 17:17; 1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 18:17; Revelation 11:10
- 21 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Kings 10:1–7; 2 Kings 10:11–14; 2 Kings 14:26
- 22 1 Kings 16:3; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 15:29–30; 1 Kings 15:34
- 23 2 Kings 9:10; 2 Kings 9:30–37; 1 Kings 21:25
- 24 1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 14:11; Jeremiah 15:3; Ezekiel 39:18–20; Isaiah 14:19
- 25 Proverbs 22:14; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 16:30–33; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Acts 14:2
- 26 2 Kings 21:11; Genesis 15:16; Leviticus 18:25–30; Ezekiel 18:12; Leviticus 20:22–23
- 27 2 Kings 6:30; Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; Job 16:15; Joel 1:13
- 29 2 Peter 3:9; Micah 7:18; 2 Kings 9:25–26; Psalm 86:15; 2 Kings 9:33–10:7
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