# Naboth’s Vineyard - The Book of 1 Kings

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 29 Nov 2023, 12 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 98. Delve into the story of King Ahab, a king who really wanted Naboth's vineyard and got very upset when he couldn't have it. Learn about how his strong desires caused big problems and the important lessons from this story. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that
[0:04] Speaker 1: I may have it for a garden of herbs. Naboth
[0:07] Speaker 1: said to Ahab, May the Lord forbid me that I
[0:11] Speaker 1: should give the inheritance of my fathers to you. Dear God,
[0:17] Speaker 1: thank you that we are your children, and you love
[0:20] Speaker 1: us as our good father. The Bible says a beautiful
[0:25] Speaker 1: inheritance is waiting for those who love you. And we're
[0:29] Speaker 1: so grateful for your kindness and generosity towards us. Help
[0:35] Speaker 1: us to learn from today's story that even when you
[0:39] Speaker 1: say no, it's out of love. We love you so much.
[0:44] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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[1:21] Speaker 3: Naboth's Vineyard. In the last story, Elijah retreats to Mount
[1:26] Speaker 3: Horeb and hears the still, small voice of God. And
[1:31] Speaker 3: Elijah is encouraged. In this story, we learn about Naboth's vineyard,
[1:37] Speaker 3: as inspired by 1 Kings.
[1:43] Speaker 1: Hi again, it's Joya Sadler with the Kids Bible in
[1:47] Speaker 1: a Year podcast. I'm so excited you're here with me.
[1:51] Speaker 1: Today we'll learn about greedy old King Ahab and how
[1:55] Speaker 1: he threw a temper tantrum when he didn't get what
[1:59] Speaker 1: he wanted. Let's listen to what happened.
[2:04] Speaker 3: Some time had passed, and there was an incident in
[2:07] Speaker 3: Jezreel involving a vineyard that belonged to a man named Naboth.
[2:13] Speaker 3: The vineyard was beside the place of Ahab, who was
[2:16] Speaker 3: king of Samaria. With Ahab being a man of authority,
[2:20] Speaker 3: he said to Naboth, Let me take rights over your vineyard.
[2:24] Speaker 3: and I will turn it into a beautiful vegetable garden
[2:27] Speaker 3: since it is so close to my palace. I offer
[2:31] Speaker 3: to give you an even better vineyard, or, if you prefer,
[2:35] Speaker 3: I would even pay you for the entire worth of
[2:39] Speaker 3: the vineyard. Naboth was not even amused by this offer.
[2:44] Speaker 3: You are crazy to even think I would sell you
[2:46] Speaker 3: this vineyard. This is not only my inheritance from my ancestors,
[2:51] Speaker 3: but the Lord forbids it as well. Ahab was so
[2:55] Speaker 3: disgusted with what Naboth told him that he could not
[2:59] Speaker 3: even eat. Jezebel, the wife of Ahab, was in disbelief
[3:04] Speaker 3: that this is how Ahab was acting like the king
[3:07] Speaker 3: of Israel. Jezebel said, Go ahead and eat up. Eat
[3:13] Speaker 3: some food if you cannot get the vineyard for yourself,
[3:16] Speaker 3: and I will get it for you. Jezebel wrote letters
[3:20] Speaker 3: in the name of Ahab, placed his personal seal on them,
[3:24] Speaker 3: and sent them to the elders and nobles living with
[3:27] Speaker 3: Naboth in his city. The letter she wrote read, Call
[3:32] Speaker 3: a fast for a day and have Naboth sit in
[3:35] Speaker 3: a well-known place among the people. But put two scam
[3:40] Speaker 3: artists in front of him and tell lies that Naboth
[3:43] Speaker 3: had cursed both God and the king. After that, take
[3:48] Speaker 3: him out and stone him until he is no more.
[3:52] Speaker 3: The elders and nobles did exactly what Jezebel said, and
[3:56] Speaker 3: when they were done, they sent a message to Jezebel
[3:59] Speaker 3: that Naboth had been stoned to death. When Jezebel heard
[4:03] Speaker 3: this news, she hurried to tell Ahab, saying, Arise, and
[4:07] Speaker 3: go take what is yours. Naboth, the Jezreelite who refused
[4:10] Speaker 3: to sell you the vineyard, is dead. As Ahab was
[4:14] Speaker 3: going to take possession of the vineyard, the word of
[4:17] Speaker 3: the Lord came to the prophet Elijah. The Lord said,
[4:21] Speaker 3: Go now and see Ahab. He is in the vineyard
[4:24] Speaker 3: of Naboth, and he is trying to take possession of it. Elijah,
[4:28] Speaker 3: let Ahab know that at the place the dogs licked
[4:31] Speaker 3: up the blood of Naboth, they will also lick up
[4:34] Speaker 3: the blood of Ahab. Ahab saw Elijah and said to him, Oh,
[4:39] Speaker 3: what a surprise, Elijah. My enemy has found me. Elijah responded,
[4:46] Speaker 3: The only reason I even came looking for you is
[4:49] Speaker 3: because you have sold yourself to evil as the king
[4:51] Speaker 3: of Israel. Here is what the Lord says. You have
[4:56] Speaker 3: brought me to anger, and because of that, I will
[4:59] Speaker 3: destroy you. I have not forgotten about your wife Jezebel either.
[5:04] Speaker 3: The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.
[5:08] Speaker 3: Jezebel had put such an influence on Ahab that there
[5:11] Speaker 3: has never been anyone like him who sold himself to
[5:15] Speaker 3: do evil in the eyes of the Lord. When Ahab
[5:18] Speaker 3: realized what he had said, he ripped his clothes, put
[5:21] Speaker 3: on sackcloth, and began to fast. Ahab was ashamed of
[5:26] Speaker 3: what he had done, and the Lord noticed it. The
[5:29] Speaker 3: Lord spoke to Elijah, Ahab has really humbled himself before me.
[5:35] Speaker 3: I will not bring evil on him, but Ahab's son
[5:39] Speaker 3: will experience evil in his days.
[5:47] Speaker 1: In today's story, we learn that sometimes kings can act
[5:51] Speaker 1: more like children than children. In fact, I'll bet you
[5:56] Speaker 1: act way more grown up when you don't get your
[6:00] Speaker 1: way than King Ahab did when he didn't get his.
[6:03] Speaker 1: Do you remember what happened? Ahab was the king of Israel,
[6:08] Speaker 1: but he was a greedy king. Even though he lived
[6:12] Speaker 1: in a huge palace and had lots of land, food, Servants, soldiers, clothes, animals, jewels,
[6:20] Speaker 1: and gold, he wanted more. King Ahab wanted the vineyard,
[6:25] Speaker 1: or the grape garden, of his next-door neighbor, Naboth. Now
[6:30] Speaker 1: Naboth's vineyard had been in his family for generations. Before
[6:35] Speaker 1: it belonged to Naboth, it belonged to his father, and
[6:40] Speaker 1: his father before that, and his father before that. In fact,
[6:45] Speaker 1: as long as anyone could remember, that vineyard had been
[6:50] Speaker 1: in Naboth's family. And now King Ahab wanted to tear
[6:54] Speaker 1: it all down to grow vegetables. So when Ahab asked
[6:59] Speaker 1: for his vineyard, Naboth said no. And when the king
[7:03] Speaker 1: offered to exchange it for another one or pay him
[7:06] Speaker 1: more money, Naboth still said no. God had given that
[7:10] Speaker 1: vineyard to his family. To Naboth, it was priceless. Well,
[7:16] Speaker 1: greedy King Ahab didn't like that at all. He stomped
[7:19] Speaker 1: back to his palace. Then he stomped up the stairs,
[7:22] Speaker 1: stomped into his bedroom, put on his pajamas, and stomped
[7:26] Speaker 1: into his bed. Mean old Naboth, he muttered, forgetting that
[7:31] Speaker 1: he already owned several vineyards and land. And food and
[7:38] Speaker 1: servants and soldiers and clothes and animals and jewels and gold.
[7:44] Speaker 1: But Ahab wanted more. And since he didn't get his way,
[7:50] Speaker 1: he sulked and pouted and refused to get out of bed.
[7:55] Speaker 1: When his butler tried to bring him lunch, Ahab yelled,
[7:58] Speaker 1: I don't want it.
[8:00] Speaker 3: Go away.
[8:01] Speaker 1: When his general tried to discuss war plans with him,
[8:05] Speaker 1: Ahab shouted, I won't and you can't make me. Get out.
[8:11] Speaker 1: You know, many times in life, we don't get everything
[8:14] Speaker 1: we want. Your mom and dad has to say no
[8:17] Speaker 1: sometimes and that's okay. In fact, even God says no
[8:23] Speaker 1: to us sometimes. And when he does, that doesn't mean
[8:27] Speaker 1: he's being mean or he doesn't love you. It just
[8:30] Speaker 1: means God knows best and what will make you truly happy.
[8:35] Speaker 1: And that might not be the yes that you want
[8:38] Speaker 1: to hear. King Ahab eventually got the yes he wanted
[8:42] Speaker 1: to hear, but it wasn't from God and it didn't
[8:45] Speaker 1: make him truly happy. Ahab's wife Jezebel finally had enough
[8:51] Speaker 1: of his sulking. She said, Ahab, get out of bed
[8:55] Speaker 1: and eat something. I'll get Naboth's vineyard for you. And
[9:01] Speaker 1: that wicked Jezebel hatched an evil plan to kill poor Naboth.
[9:07] Speaker 1: Then she stole his vineyard and gave it to King Ahab.
[9:11] Speaker 1: Ahab happily clapped his hands and skipped next door to
[9:15] Speaker 1: organize his vegetables. But then Elijah, God's prophet, showed up.
[9:22] Speaker 1: And he had some bad, bad news for King Ahab.
[9:27] Speaker 1: Elijah said, Ahab, God saw everything you did. He won't
[9:32] Speaker 1: let you get away with it. Just as Jezebel killed Naboth,
[9:37] Speaker 1: she will die too. And you and your children will
[9:40] Speaker 1: suffer a lot. You see, God loves us too much
[9:46] Speaker 1: to let us get away with bad things. Sin makes
[9:49] Speaker 1: our hearts broken and ugly. So God has to say
[9:53] Speaker 1: no when we want to be greedy or take what
[9:57] Speaker 1: doesn't belong to us. I know. how much we pout
[10:02] Speaker 1: God won't give in he loves us too much I'm
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