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1 Kings 21:9-11
New English Translation
1 Kings 21:9-11
New English Translation
9 This is what she wrote:[a] “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people. 10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
11 The men of the[b] city, the leaders,[c] and the nobles who lived there[d] followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them.[e]
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- 1 Kings 21:9 tn Heb “she wrote on the scrolls, saying.”
- 1 Kings 21:11 tn Heb “his.”
- 1 Kings 21:11 tn Heb “elders.”
- 1 Kings 21:11 tn Heb “and the nobles who were living in his city.”
- 1 Kings 21:11 tn Heb “did as Jezebel sent to them, just as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.”
1 Kings 21:9-11
New International Version
1 Kings 21:9-11
New International Version
9 In those letters she wrote:
“Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 10 But seat two scoundrels(A) opposite him and have them bring charges that he has cursed(B) both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”
11 So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them.
1 Kings 21:9-11
King James Version
1 Kings 21:9-11
King James Version
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.
11 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.
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