7. Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you not govern Israel? Arise, eat food, and let your heart be happy. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
8. So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal and sent them to the elders and nobles who dwelt with Naboth in his city.
9. And in the letters she said, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth up high among the people.
10. And set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, You cursed and renounced God and the king. Then carry him out and stone him to death.
11. And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt there, did as Jezebel had directed in the letters sent them.
12. They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth on high among the people.
13. Two base fellows came in and sat opposite him and they charged Naboth before the people, saying, Naboth cursed and renounced God and the king. Then he was carried out of the city and stoned to death.
14. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
15. Then Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite which he refused to sell you, for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
16. When Ahab heard that, he arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to take possession of it.