1 Kings 21:9
New International Version
In those letters she wrote: “Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.

New Living Translation
In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor.

English Standard Version
And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

Berean Standard Bible
In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

King James Bible
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

New King James Version
She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;

New American Standard Bible
Now she had written in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

NASB 1995
Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

NASB 1977
Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Legacy Standard Bible
And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Call for a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Amplified Bible
Now in the letters she wrote, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Christian Standard Bible
In the letters, she wrote: Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In the letters, she wrote: Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

American Standard Version
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And she wrote in the letter:”Decree a fast and set Nabuth above the people.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it was written in the letters, saying, Keep a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people,

English Revised Version
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In these letters she wrote: "Announce a fast. Seat Naboth as leader of the people.

Good News Translation
The letters said: "Proclaim a day of fasting, call the people together, and give Naboth the place of honor.

International Standard Version
In the memos, she wrote the following directives: "Proclaim a public fast and seat Naboth in the front row.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And she wrote in the letters, saying: 'Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

Literal Standard Version
and she writes in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

Majority Standard Bible
In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

New American Bible
This is what she wrote in the letters: “Proclaim a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.

NET Bible
This is what she wrote: "Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.

New Revised Standard Version
She wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the assembly;

New Heart English Bible
She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

Webster's Bible Translation
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

World English Bible
She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

Young's Literal Translation
and she writeth in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

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Context
Jezebel's Plot
8Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. 9In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people. 10But 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.”…

Cross References
1 Kings 21:8
Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

1 Kings 21:10
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."


Treasury of Scripture

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Proclaim a fast

Genesis 34:13-17
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: …

Isaiah 58:4
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

Matthew 2:8
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

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1 Kings 21
1. Ahab being denied Naboth's vineyard, is grieved
5. Jezebel writing letters against Naboth, he is condemned of blasphemy
15. Ahab take possession of the vineyard
17. Elijah denounces judgments against Ahab and Jezebel
25. Wicked Ahab repenting, God defers the judgment














(9) Proclaim a fast.--This might be only to cover all that was to be so foully done with a cloak of religious observance, or, perhaps more probably, to imply that some secret sin had been committed, which would draw down vengeance on the whole city, and so to prepare for the false accusation. There is a like ambiguity as to the explanation of the command, "set Naboth on high," as either an exaltation of pretended honour, or the "lifting up his head" (Genesis 40:20) for accusation. It may be noted that the whole scheme implies a return of the people to at least the outward observance of the Law of the Lord.

Verse 9. - And she wrote in the letters, saying Proclaim a fast [The object of this ordinance was to give the impression that the city was labouring under, or threatened with, a curse, because of some undiscovered sin (2 Samuel 21:1; Joshua 9:11; Deuteronomy 21:9), which must be removed or averted by public humiliation. Cf. Joel 1:14; Joel 2:12; 1 Samuel 7:6; 2 Chronicles 20:3)], and set Naboth on high among the people. [Heb. at the head of the people. Keil, al. interpret, bring him into the court of justice, as defendant before all the people." And certainly הושִׁיבוּ here, and in the next verse - where it is used of the witnesses (cf. ver. 13) - means, make to sit; which looks as if judicial procedure were intended. But "at the head of the people "rather suggests that in the public assembly, which marked the fast (Joel 2:15), Naboth was assigned the most distinguished place. The reason for this is obvious, viz., to give a colour of impartiality to the proceedings. As Grotius, Ne odio damnasse crederentur, quem ipsi honoraverunt. It would also accord with the popular idea of retributive justice that Naboth should be denounced in the very hour of his triumph and exaltation. Josephus, however, says that it was because of his high birth that this position was assigned him.]

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Hebrew
In the letters
בַּסְּפָרִ֖ים (bas·sə·p̄ā·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, book

she wrote:
וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב (wat·tiḵ·tōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3789: To grave, to write

“Proclaim
קִֽרְאוּ־ (qir·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

a fast
צ֔וֹם (ṣō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6685: Fasting, a fast

and give
וְהוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ (wə·hō·wō·šî·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

Naboth
נָב֖וֹת (nā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5022: Naboth -- a Jezreelite

a seat of honor
בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

among the people.
הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


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