Now it cameabout afterthesethingsthat Naboththe Jezreelitehada vineyardwhich[was] in Jezreelbesidethe palaceof Ahabkingof Samaria.
Then Joramsaid,"Getready."And they madehis chariotready.Joramkingof Israeland Ahaziahkingof Judahwentout, eachin his chariot,and they wentout to meetJehuand foundhim in the propertyof Naboththe Jezreelite.
Then [Jehu] saidto Bidkarhis officer,"Take[him] up and casthim into the propertyof the fieldof Naboththe Jezreelite,for I rememberwhen you and I were ridingtogetherafterAhabhis father,that the LORDlaidthisoracleagainsthim:
Now in the timeof his distressthissameKingAhazbecameyetmoreunfaithfulto the LORD.
Yet the peopledo not turnbackto Him who struckthem, Nordo they seekthe LORDof hosts.
O LORD,do not Your eyes[look] for truth?You have smittenthem, [But] they did not weaken;You have consumedthem, But they refusedto takecorrection.They have madetheir facesharderthanrock;They have refusedto repent.
They covetfieldsand then seize[them], And houses,and take[them] away. They roba manand his house,A manand his inheritance.
Their territorywas to Jezreeland [included] Chesullothand Shunem,
Then allthe Midianitesand the Amalekitesand the sonsof the eastassembledthemselves; and they crossedoverand campedin the valleyof Jezreel.
Now the Philistinesgatheredtogether alltheir armiesto Aphek,while the Israeliteswere campingby the springwhichis in Jezreel.
