Graphic Bible · Scene 7 of 9
1 Kings 21:17-20
Elijah confronts Ahab
Naboth’s Vineyard · 1 Kings 21
Story guide: Elijah stands before Ahab in the vineyard he has just seized, delivering the charge of murder; the figures' looks and the vineyard's layout are not given in the passage.
Open this scene in the reader →17Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18“Rise and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who rules from Samaria. Look, he is in Naboth’s vineyard, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
19Tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Have you murdered Naboth and taken possession of his vineyard as well?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will lick your blood too—yes, yours.’”
20Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” Elijah replied, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
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