1 Kings 21:9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:In other versions
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
ASV
And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;
BBE
And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
DBY
She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
WEB
and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,
YLT
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
ENG
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
WBT
In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
BSB
In context
7And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
8So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
10And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
11And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Naboth