1 Kings 21:11
9 In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
12 They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
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- BSB
- So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
- KJV
- And 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.
- WEB
- The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them.
- ASV
- And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
- DARBY
- And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
- BLB
- And the men of his city, the elders and nobles who were dwellers of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it [was] written in the letters that she had sent to them.
- ÅB
- Og mennene i byen, de eldste og fornemste som bodde i hans by, gjorde som Jesabel hadde sendt dem bud om, slik som det var skrevet i det brev hun hadde sendt dem.
- OTB
- Så mennene i Nabots by—de eldste og fornemme som bodde der—gjorde nøyaktig som Jesabel hadde instruert i brevene hun hadde sendt dem.
- B1930
- Og mennene i byen, de eldste og fornemste som bodde i hans by, gjorde som Jesabel hadde sendt dem bud om, således som det var skrevet i det brev hun hadde sendt dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 24:21
But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:15
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Read in contextMatthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Read in contextMicah 6:16
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
Read in contextActs 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
Read in contextActs 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Read in contextProverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Read in context1 Samuel 23:20
Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
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