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.
2 Kings 5:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When he came to the citadel, he took the bags from them and stored them inside; he dismissed the men, and they left. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands and put them in the house; and he sent the men away, and they left. American Standard Version (1901) And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed. Common English Bible When Gehazi arrived at the elevated fortress, he took the items from them and stored them in his house. Then he sent the servants away, and they left. Catholic Public Domain Version And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
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.
Woe to those who hide a plan too deep for the Lord, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
Shall not everyone taunt such people and, with mocking riddles, say about them, “Alas for you who heap up what is not your own!” How long will you load yourselves with goods taken in pledge?
But the Israelites broke faith in regard to the devoted things: Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.
when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. They now lie hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”