9And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people,


In Context

6 And he answered her: I spoke to Naboth the Jezrahelite, and said to him: Give me thy vineyard, and take money for it: or if it please thee, I will give thee a better vineyard for it. And he said: I will not give thee my vineyard.

7 Then Jezabel his wife said to him: Thou art of great authority indeed, and governest well the kingdom of Israel. Arise, and eat bread, and be of good cheer, I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite.

8 So she wrote letter's 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.

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

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.

11 And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them:

1 Kings 21:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:9In those letters she wrote: "Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9She wrote in the letters, saying, |Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9and she writeth in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: