1 Kings 21:9
World English Bible (WEB)
She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
In context
7 Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
9 She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
10 Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
11 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.
1 Kings 21:9 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
- KJV King James Version
- And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
- YLT 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,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: