21:1And after these things, Naboth the Jezrahelite, who was in Jezrahel, had at that time a vineyard near the palace of Achab king of Samaria.

2And Achab spoke to Naboth, saying: Give me your vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs, because it is nigh, and adjoining to my house, and I will give you for it a better vineyard: or if you think it more convenient for you, I will give you the worth of it in money.

3Naboth answered him: The Lord be merciful to me, and not let me give you the gift of my fathers.

4And Achab came into his house angry and fretting, because of the word that Naboth the Jezrahelite had said to him, saying: I will not give you the gift of my fathers. And casting himself upon his bed, he turned away his face to the wall, and would eat no bread.

5And Jezabel his wife went in to him, and said to him: What is the matter that your soul is so grieved? and why eatest you no bread$1

6And he answered her: I spoke to Naboth the Jezrahelite, and said to him: Give me your vineyard, and take money for it: or if it please you, I will give you a better vineyard for it. And he said: I will not give you my vineyard.

7Then Jezabel his wife said to him: You are of great authority indeed, and governest well the kingdom of Israel. Arise, and eat bread, and be of good cheer, I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite.

8So she wrote letter's in Achab's name, and marked with authority them with his ring, and sent them to the leaders, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

9And this was the tenor of the letters: Announce a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people,

10And suborn two men, sons of Belial against him, and let them bear false witness: that he has blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, and so let him die.

11And the men of his city, the leaders and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them:

12They announced a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.

13And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people, saying: Naboth has blasphemed God and the king: therefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death.

14And they sent to Jezabel, saying: Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

15And it happened 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 you, and give it you 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 to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite, to take possession of it.

5:2Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

3Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.

4For to you will I pray: O Lord, in the morning you shall hear my voice.

5In the morning I will stand before you, and will see: because you are not a God that willest sin.

6Neither shall the evil dwell near you: nor shall the unjust abide before your eyes.

7You hatest all the workers of sin: You will destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

5:38You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

39But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike you on your right cheek, turn to him also the other:

40And if a man will contend with you in judgment, and take away your coat, let go your cloak also to him.

41And whoever will force you one mile, go with him other two,

42Give to him that asketh of you and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.