1 Kings 21:11
9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
10 And 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.
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.
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
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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
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Read in contextMatthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Read in contextMicah 6:16
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Read in contextActs 4:19
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Read in contextActs 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Read in contextProverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Read in context1 Samuel 23:20
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.
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