I Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 372

20+32 THE MONARCHICAL PERIOD.-·I. KINGS 21-10

their waists, and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and Your servant, Bcn—hada.d, asks, Will you let me live? ' He shall live; he is my brother} But the men watched, and made

haste, and confirmed it from them- Your brother, Ben— Go, fetch and bring

So they went and brought Ben·hadad to him, and he made him mount into his own chariot, when he said :—··· ‘ The cities that my father took

from your father I, will restore; and also return lto Shomeron the suburbs at Damascus, as your father held them ; I will cede them to you. So he made a compact with him that he should hand them tohim. (ac. goo.) 3 §re¤rl;zr hzummczs §\|mlr far his weakness mth $u11;_r. 35 A man, however, belonging to the profession of the Preachers said to I wish you would but he hesitated to

Say why have you not listened to the voice ofthe EVER·L1v1NG?t In con- sequence, when you leave me, a , And when 37 39 he went from his side, he met a lioness and she assailed him. T hen he met another man and said, ‘I wish you would assault me! So that man assaulted, and wounded him. Then the Preacher went and stationed himself awaiting theeking on the road; but he had rolled in the dust upto his eyes, and when the king passed he shrieked out to the Your servant was in the heart of the battle, and an odicer brought to me a man and said, ‘ Guard this man,-—-if he escapes, your life shall be for his life,——or you shall pay a talent of silver} But whilst your servant was walking here and there, he vanished! The kinglof Israel, however, an·

Consequently you are con- victed by your own statement. Then he at once swept the dust

from his face; when the king of Israel recognized him as belonging to the Preachers! for he exclaimed, ‘ Thus says the Even-uvmc l ‘Why have you freed this cursed fellow from your power? Therefore your life shall be for his life ;——and your So the king 43 of Israel went to his palace sad and gloomy, and came to Shomeron. (ac, 899.) ghelmilfs Einzgurh, aah Jzgalezlw mirhrhnzsis. The followingwas after these events. 21 N aboth the jezraalite possessed a vineyard at jezraal at the side of the park of Akhab, king of Shomeron, and Akhab spoke to Naboth and said, Sell me your vineyard, and let it be

mine for a flower garden ; for it is near the side of my house; and I will give you in exchange a better vineyard than it; or if preferable in your opinion Iwill pay you money for the purchase.? N aboth, however, replied to Akhab, It would be a grief to me if I sold you my ancestral property} Akhab consequently went to his

home sadaud gloomy over the reply N aboth the {ezraalite had spoken to .I will not sell therefore he lay on his couch, and turned his face, and would not eat food. Aisabel, his wife, consequently came to him and asked, °‘ What is the matter, that your spirit is depressed? and you will not take food ? ’ And he told her about Naboth of

I asked him, fSell me your vineyard for money, or if it pleases you, I will giveyou a vineyard instead of it,’ but he answered ‘ I will not sell you my vineyard} Aisabel, his wife, however, ex·

Show now that you rule over Israel! Get up and eat bread, and rest your heart ;—I will give you the vineyard of Naboth of jezraal (ac. 899.) Wiz duuzpirarg cf brake! against £.almil;. She consequently wrote letters in

the name of Akhab, and sealed the letters with his seal, to the judges and freemen of the village where Naboth resided, and wrote in the Proclaim a feast, and put Nabotn at the head of the people. Then set up two scoundrels against him, and instruct them to say, You have libelled Goo and the 372 I0