"Arise,godownto meetAhabkingof Israel,whois in Samaria;behold,he is in the vineyardof Nabothwherehe has gonedownto takepossessionof it.
Then the LORDsentNathanto David.And he cameto him and said,"There were twomenin onecity,the onerichand the otherpoor.
"For the thingshall surelycometo passwhichhe criedby the wordof the LORDagainstthe altarin Betheland againstallthe housesof the highplaceswhichare in the citiesof Samaria."
Now Ahabthe sonof OmribecamekingoverIsraelin the thirty-eighthyearof Asakingof Judah,and Ahabthe sonof OmrireignedoverIsraelin Samariatwenty-twoyears.
Now it cameabout afterthesethingsthat Naboththe Jezreelitehada vineyardwhich[was] in Jezreelbesidethe palaceof Ahabkingof Samaria.
Then the wordof the LORDcameto Elijahthe Tishbite,saying,
He also soughtAhaziah,and they caughthim while he was hidingin Samaria;they broughthim to Jehu,puthim to deathand buriedhim. For they said,"He is the sonof Jehoshaphat,whosoughtthe LORDwith allhis heart."So therewas nooneof the houseof Ahaziahto retainthe powerof the kingdom.
