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


In Context

6 He said to her, |Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.' He answered, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'|

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, base 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 sent to them, according 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 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 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 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: