²⁴ And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed.

¹⁶ And as soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

²¹ when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,^[a] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

¹¹ Israel has sinned; they have ^(A)transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the ^(B)devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. ^12 (C)Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They ^(D)turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become ^(E)devoted for destruction.^[a] I will be with you no more, unless you destroy ^(F)the devoted things from among you.

Israel Defeated at Ai

7 But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for ^(A)Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.

³ Then he said to me, “This is ^(A)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who ^(B)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who ^(C)swears falsely^[a] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. ⁴ I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of ^(D)him who swears falsely by my name. And ^(E)it shall remain in his house and ^(F)consume it, both timber and stones.”

Woe to the Chaldeans

⁶ Shall not all these ^(A)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,