◄ 1 Kings 21:16 ►
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Good News Translation
At once Ahab went to the vineyard to take possession of it.

New Revised Standard Version
As soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab set out to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

Contemporary English Version
Ahab got up and went to take over the vineyard.

New American Bible
When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he started on his way down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Achab heard this, to wit, that Naboth was dead, he arose, and went down into the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezrahelite, to take possession of it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when Achab heard this, to wit, that Naboth was dead, he arose, and went down into the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezrahelite, to take possession of it.

Ahab rose up

2 Samuel 1:13-16 And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalec. . . .

2 Samuel 4:9-12 But David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress, . . .

2 Samuel 11:25-27 And David said to the messenger: Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing discourage thee: for various is the event of war: and sometimes one, sometimes another is consumed by the sword: encourage thy warriors against the city, and exhort them that thou mayest overthrow it. . . .

2 Samuel 23:15-17 And David longed, and said: O that some man would get me a drink of the water out of the cistern, that is in Bethlehem, by the gate. . . .

Psalm 50:18 If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

Isaiah 33:15 He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.

Obadiah 1:12-14 In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them. . . .

Romans 1:32 Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death: and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.

2 Peter 2:15 Leaving the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity,

Context
Jezebel's Plot
…15And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard that Naboth was stoned, and dead, that she said to Achab: Arise, and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezrahelite, who would not agree with thee, and give it thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 16And when Achab heard this, to wit, that Naboth was dead, he arose, and went down into the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezrahelite, to take possession of it.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:1
And after these things, Naboth the Jezrahelite, who was in Jezrahel, had at that time a vineyard, near the palace of Achab, king of Samaria.

1 Kings 21:15
And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard that Naboth was stoned, and dead, that she said to Achab: Arise, and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezrahelite, who would not agree with thee, and give it thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

1 Kings 21:17
And the word of the Lord came to Elias, the Thesbite, saying:

2 Kings 5:24
And when he was come, and now it was the evening, he took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and sent the men away, and they departed.

1 Kings 21:15
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