Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-16

~ nriyateersmcn who had Doafeea a"N
robbed the Spainiards OH the ocean ou,
some nezv MEN among US tell me tha' !
am entirely wiong-that / am lnfisencea
by on old, musty, long exploded preju
dice. of which 1 must dtvest myself aila
~ en- will clearly see, that the eias'
first spoken of are Patriots, and the ia'-
ter huates. Not being able to comPre-
bend the proptiety OF then d'scr'mlna,
tons, I had recourse to gooa o!a
Book which has relieved my mind IN
many cases of psrplexl!y With a DIS
position to seek instruction opened THIS
Old Volume to ascertain, whether any
passage would present itself suitable to
nv present frame OF mind, when the ioi
lowing case arose
"AuJ it came to pass alter these
things, that Naboth the Jezreeilte, Ma"
a vineyard, which zyas in Jezreel, hare
by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria'
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying
Give me thy vineyard, that l may have
it for garden of herbs, becaus 1t is near
unto my house: and | viii give thee fer
it better vineyard than 1t; or, 1t Il
seem good to thee, l will give thee the
worth of it in money.
And Naboth said to Absb, The Lord
forbid it ne that should give the iDhe
ritance of my fsthers snto thee.
And .Ahab came iuto his house heavy
and displeased because Of the WORD
which Nabotb the Jez:eelite had spoken
unto him. for lie had said, | will not give
thee the inheritance of my fathers. And
he laid him down upon his bed, and
turned away his face, and would eat no
bread.
But Jezcbel his wife came to him,
and said unto him. Why is thy spirit SO
sad, that thou eatest no bread?
And he said unto her, Because l
spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and
said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for
money or else, if it please thee, will
give thee aaothe, vineyard for it: and he
answered l will not give thse my vine-
yard.
And Jczebel his wife said unto him,
Dust thou not govern the Kingdom Of
Israel arise and eat bread. and let thine
heart be merry /: l viii give thee the
vineyard Of Naboth the Jrzreelite.
So she wrote letters ii Arabs name,
ard sealed them with Bis seal, and sent
the letters unto the elders and to tie no.
blcs that zuere in his city, dwelling with
N"both.
And she wrote in the letters, saving,
Proclaim fast, and set Nabolb en- high
among the people:
And set two men, sons Of BeliaI, be
fore him, to bear witness against HIN,
SAYING, Thou didst blaspheme Gsd and
the king. And men carry him out and
stone him, that he may die.
: And the men OF his city, cUen the el
ders spd the mobiles who were the irka
bitaDts in his city, did as Jezcbel bad
sent unto them, and as ii 9vQs written IL
the letters which she had sent unto
them.
They proclaimed fast, and set Na
both on high among the people.
And there came in two men, c5ildre,
IF Beiisl, and sat before him aud t:.e
men OF Belinl' Witnessed against him
even against Naboih: in the pr essence q.
the people, saying, Noboth old bias
phene God and The king Then they
carried him forth Our Of TIE city, and
stoned him with stones, that he died.
THen they sent to J zrbel, saying,
Naboth Is stoned, and is ae,d.
Aud 1t came 20 pass, wnoe Jezabcl
heard that Ndboth was stoned, and was
dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise,
take possession If the vineyard of NJ
both the Jczreelite, viii h he refused H.
give thee for money Tor Nabotn is not
alive, but dead.
And 1t came to pass, when Ahab heard
that Ndboth was dead, that Aha5 rose
up 70 90 down the vineyard Of Nsboth
the Jezeelilc, to take possession of it.
And the word of the LORD cane to
Elijah the Tishbitc, saying,
Arise, so down 20 meet Ahab king Of
Israel, which is IN Samaria behold he il
IN The vineyard Of NaOoth, whittier he is
gone down to possess it.
And thou shalt speak INTO him, saving.
Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed,
and also taken possession ? And thou
salt speak unto him. saying, Thus saith
The LORD, In the place where dogs lick.
ed the blood of Naboth shall dees lick
thy blood, even thine.
AID Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou
found ue, o mine enemy? and he an.
swered, ] havc found thee: because
taou hast sr!d thyselfto work evil in the
-ight Of the LoRn.
Behold, will bring evil upon thee, and
+. i'll take away thy posterity.
And will make thine house like the
house of Jeroboam, the son Of Neb.t. &
like the house of Basba the son Of Ali
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