and his royal lord; and kill him afterwards.'
Then the chief men did even as the hateful woman
had bidden them in the writ, and summoned him to a meeting,
and found the false witnesses who belied Naboth, [saying]
that he had impiously cursed God
and his royal lord; and killed him with stones,
and then told Jezebel that Naboth was not alive.
Lo! then Jezebel went joyously
to the unrighteous king, and said thus to him :
'Arise now and take to thee Naboth's vineyard,
though he granted it not to thee; he is now lifeless.'
Then the impious man arose, and sent
to Naboth's vineyard, desiring to take it.
Then came, meeting him, God's prophet Elijah,
sent from God, and said to him these words,
' Thus spake the Almighty God, " thou hast slain and taken possession;
even as dogs lapped Naboth's blood,
so shall they lap and lick thy blood;
I will consume thy family, and destroy thy offspring,
because thou hast wearied me, and misled my people;
and greedy dogs shall eat Jezebel." '
So then after some time Ahab the king marched
against the king of Syria with a very great army,
desiring by conquest to diminish his kingdom.
Then the king of Syria straightway bade his men take heed
that he [Ahab] alone should fall of all his people.
Then an archer presently bent his bow
and shot an arrow as if uncertainly,
and smote the king between the lungs,
that he died, being the first that fell in the fight.
Then his army turned away very speedily,
and brought the king in his chariot, thus dead,
