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Ahab, king of Israel, was passing by Naboth's vineyard. The sun played on the green leaves, and the ripe grapes caught his eye. "Such a vineyard should be mine," a thought flickered, and greed ignited in his heart. But Naboth was a simple, honest man who worked the land with love, and his vineyard was the pride of his family.

Jezebel, Ahab's wife, saw his desire and quietly whispered: "Shouldn't the king be satisfied with a request? Let’s remove the owner, and the vineyard will become yours." Ahab succumbed. Naboth was slandered: falsely accused of a crime against the state. He was seized and executed without guilt. The vineyard immediately passed to Ahab, but his triumph was bitter: a void remained in his heart, and the people murmured about injustice.

The prophet Elijah declared: "You have received another's through blood, and it will not go unpunished!" Soon Ahab went to the battlefield. The battle was fierce, and the king himself fell, struck by an arrow. His luxury and acquired foreign vineyard did not save him from the death penalty. The people remembered: injustice always finds its owner.

Moral: greed and violence bring brief success but never leave the soul at peace.