1 Kings 21:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

One day, Ahab said, “Naboth, your vineyard is near my palace. Give it to me so I can turn it into a vegetable garden. I'll give you a better vineyard or pay whatever you want for yours.”

Cross References

Genesis 16:6

Abram said, “All right! She's your slave, and you can do whatever you want with her.” But Sarai began treating Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.

Genesis 3:6

The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.

1 Kings 21:3

Naboth answered, “This vineyard has always been in my family. I won't let you have it.”

1 Kings 21:6

“I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or to let me give him a better one,” Ahab replied. “And he told me I couldn't have it.”

2 Kings 9:27

Ahaziah saw all this happen and tried to escape to the town of Beth-Haggan, but Jehu caught up with him and shouted, “Kill him too!” So his troops shot Ahaziah with an arrow while he was on the road to Gur near Ibleam. He went as far as Megiddo, where he died.

Exodus 20:17

Do not want to take anything that belongs to someone else. Don't want to take anyone's house, wife or husband, slaves, oxen, donkeys or anything else.

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I had flower gardens and orchards full of fruit trees.

Song of Solomon 4:15

You are a spring in the garden, a fountain of pure water, and a refreshing stream from Mount Lebanon.

Jeremiah 22:17

But all you think about is how to cheat or abuse or murder some innocent victim.

Luke 12:15

Then he said to the crowd, “Don't be greedy! Owning a lot of things won't make your life safe.”

Deuteronomy 11:10

It's better land than you had in Egypt, where you had to struggle just to water your crops.

Deuteronomy 5:21

Do not want to take anything that belongs to someone else. Don't want to take anyone's wife or husband, house, land, slaves, oxen, donkeys, or anything else.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them.

1 Samuel 29:6

Achish called David over and said: I swear by the living LORD that you've been honest with me, and I want you to fight by my side. I don't think you've done anything wrong from the day you joined me until this very moment. But the other Philistine rulers don't want you to come along.

1 Samuel 8:14

The king will take your best fields, as well as your vineyards, and olive orchards and give them to his own officials.

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was upset to hear the leaders say they wanted a king, so he prayed about it.