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


In Context

6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee 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 unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

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, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.

11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:9And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of 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 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: