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1 Kings 21:1

AhabNabothJezreelSamaria
Envy and jealousy
Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

2 So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

3 But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

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BSB
Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
WEB
After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
ASV
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
DARBY
And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jizreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jizreel, by the side of the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
BLB
And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard that [was] in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
ÅB
En tid etter hendte det som nå skal fortelles: Jisre'elitten Nabot hadde en vingård i Jisre'el ved siden av et slott som tilhørte Akab, kongen i Samaria.
OTB
Nå skjedde det etter disse tingene at Nabot fra Jisreel hadde en vingård i Jisreel, ved siden av palasset til Akab, kongen av Samaria.
B1930
Nogen tid efter hendte det som nu skal fortelles: Jisre'elitten Nabot hadde en vingård i Jisre'el ved siden av et slott som tilhørte Akab, kongen i Samaria.

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  • Joshua 19:18

    Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

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  • 1 Kings 18:45–46

    Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:22

    In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

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  • Judges 6:33

    Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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  • Ezra 9:13–14

    After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),

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  • 1 Samuel 29:1

    Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

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  • Hosea 1:4–5

    Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

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