1 Kings 21:9
Good News Translation
The letters said: "Proclaim a day of fasting, call the people together, and give Naboth the place of honor.

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people;

Proclaim a fast

Genesis 34:13-17 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister: . . .

Isaiah 58:4 Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.

Matthew 2:8 And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and adore him.

Matthew 23:14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.

Luke 20:47 Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.

John 18:28 Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was morning: and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.

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Context
Jezebel's Plot
8So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. 9And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people;10And suborn two men, sons of Belial, against him. and let them bear false witness; that he hath blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, and so let him die.…
Cross References
1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

1 Kings 21:10
And suborn two men, sons of Belial, against him. and let them bear false witness; that he hath blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, and so let him die.

1 Kings 21:8
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