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Naboth

Old Testament an inhabitant of Jezreel, murdered by King Ahab at the instigation of his wife Jezebel for refusing to sell his vineyard (I Kings 21)
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Chakaipa has done this in the above case through for example, rolling Ahab and Jezebel into Ndyire, and gombo/munda and Munhamo into Naboth's vineyard.
Francis said what happened to Naboth is similar to what happened to Jesus, Saint Stephen and all martyrs who were condemned as a result of lies and falsehoods.
Tampoco se encontro asociacion con signos como: cistocele, polipo, rectocele, cuello erosionado, atrofico, congestivo, ectropion y quistes de naboth; ni con tratamientos previos como biopsia, colposcopia, conizacion; similar a lo reportado por Cardona J y otros en Medellin [11], Estos resultados pueden deberse a que no necesariamente en inflamacion esta presente el actinomyces spp., por tanto es importante saber si las pacientes con alguna sintomatologia de inflamacion pelvica estan utilizando el DIU como causa de inflamacion o las manifestaciones son por otro motivo.
1 Kings 3:21 narrates the story of Naboth, a poor farmer who did not want to sell the field he had inherited from his father lest he disperse the family's patrimony.
Elijah had a final encounter with King Ahab in the context in which the latter had obtained, with Jezebel's help, a vineyard from Naboth who had refused to sell it to him: namely, Jezebel had Naboth falsely found guilty of blasphemy and lapidated.
Ahab and Jezebel are apparently so desperate to plant a vegetable garden that Ahab has poor Naboth stoned to death in order to get his vineyard.
Y darn a ddewiswyd oedd Llyfr Cyntaf y Brenhinoedd, Pennod 21 - hanes gwinllan Naboth. Go brin, meddai Richard Jones, y dychmygai y gallai'r darn olygu cymaint iddo ymhen blynyddoedd.
The bankers and (some) MPs were greedy; Ahab wanting Naboth's vineyard, David wanting Uriah's wife, and Zacchaeus the tax gatherer wanting everybody's money were all greedy.
When King Ahab used his power to kill Naboth and take possession of his vineyard, Elijah confronted the king about his unjust actions but then had to flee for his life.
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