1 Kings 21:8-10

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⁸So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. ⁹Now in the letters she wrote, “Proclaim a ^[a]fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; ¹⁰and seat two worthless and unprincipled men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You ^[b]cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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Footnotes

1 Kings 21:9 The point of the fast was to display grief and humility toward God over a grave sin that had been committed, usually when famine or another disaster had occurred as judgment from God for the sin. So Jezebel’s plot not only included the judicial murder of an innocent man; it was a direct affront and challenge to God.
1 Kings 21:10 Lit blessed. This word is used here and in v 13 as a euphemism referring to cursing, to avoid actually uttering a curse against God, even when it is placed in the mouth of someone else.