6 He answered her, "I was talking to Naboth. I said, ‘Sell me your vineyard. Or if you prefer, I’ll give you another vineyard for it.’ But he said, ‘I won’t give you my vineyard!’"
7 Then his wife Jezebel said to him, "Aren’t you the one who rules Israel? Get up! Eat some food and cheer up. I’ll get Naboth’s vineyard for you myself."
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, putting his seal on them. She sent them to the elders and officials who lived in the same town as Naboth.
9 This is what she wrote in the letters: "Announce a fast and place Naboth at the head of the people.
10 Then bring in two liars in front of him and have them testify as follows: ‘You cursed God and king!’ Then take Naboth outside and stone him so he dies."
11 The elders and the officials who lived in Naboth’s town did exactly as Jezebel specified in the letters that she had sent.
12 They announced a fast and placed Naboth at the head of the people.