1 Kings 21:9

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the letters, she wrote:

Hebrew Names Version
She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Navot on high among the people:

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

English Standard Version
And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

New Century Version
The letter she wrote said: "Declare a day during which the people are to fast. Call the people together, and give Naboth a place of honor among them.

New English Translation
This is what she wrote: "Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.

Amplified Bible
Now in the letters she wrote, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

New American Standard Bible
Now she had written in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And shee wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people,

Legacy Standard Bible
And she wrote in the letters, saying, "Call for a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Complete Jewish Bible
In the letters she wrote, "Proclaim a fast, and give Navot the seat of honor among the people.

Darby Translation
And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the letter said: "Announce that there will be a day of fasting when the people will eat nothing. Then call all the people of the town together for a meeting. At the meeting we will talk about Naboth.

George Lamsa Translation
And she wrote in the letter, saying, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people;

Good News Translation
The letters said: "Proclaim a day of fasting, call the people together, and give Naboth the place of honor.

Lexham English Bible
She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

Literal Translation
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and wrote thus in ye letter: Proclame a fast, and set Naboth aboue in the people,

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

Bible in Basic English
And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And she wrote in the letter, saying: Proclayme a fast, and set Naboth on hye among the people:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she wrote in the letters, saying: 'Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

King James Version (1611)
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to the messengers of the son of Ader, Say to your master, All things that thou hast sent to thy servant about at first I will do; but this thing I shall not be able to do. And the men departed, and carried back the answer to him.

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

Berean Standard Bible
In the letters she wrote: "Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli this was the sentence of the lettre; Preche ye fastyng, and make ye Naboth to sitte among the firste men of the puple;

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,

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

World English Bible
She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

New King James Version
She wrote in the letters, saying, 4 Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;

New Living Translation
In her letters she commanded: "Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor.

New Life Bible
She wrote in the letters, saying, "Tell the people that it is a time when they should not eat. And put Naboth in front of the people.

New Revised Standard
She wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the assembly;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now she wrote in the letters, saying, - Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people;

Revised Standard Version
And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Contextual Overview

⁵ Jezebel his wife came in and asked, "What's wrong? Why won't you eat?" ⁶ "I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or to let me give him a better one," Ahab replied. "And he told me I couldn't have it." ⁷ "Aren't you the king of Israel?" Jezebel asked. "Get out of bed and eat something! Don't worry, I'll get Naboth's vineyard for you." ⁸Jezebel wrote a letter to each of the leaders of the town where Naboth lived. In the letters she said: Call everyone together and tell them to go without eating today. When they come together, give Naboth a seat at the front. Have two liars sit across from him and swear that Naboth has cursed God and the king. Then take Naboth outside and stone him to death! She signed Ahab's name to the letters and sealed them with his seal. Then she sent them to the town leaders. ¹¹ After receiving her letters, they did exactly what she had asked. ¹² They told the people that it was a day to go without eating, and when they all came together, they seated Naboth at the front. ¹³ The two liars came in and sat across from Naboth. Then they accused him of cursing God and the king, so the people dragged Naboth outside and stoned him to death. ¹⁴ The leaders of Jezreel sent a message back to Jezebel that said, "Naboth is dead." ¹⁵ As soon as Jezebel got their message, she told Ahab, "Now you can have the vineyard Naboth refused to sell. He's dead." ¹⁶ Ahab got up and went to take over the vineyard.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proclaim a fast: Genesis 34:13-17, Isaiah 58:4, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 23:14, Luke 20:47, John 18:28

on high among: Heb. in the top of

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:14 - uncircumcised Genesis 39:17 - General Exodus 32:5 - made proclamation 2 Samuel 14:30 - And Absalom's 2 Samuel 15:12 - while he offered Proverbs 7:14 - this Proverbs 18:5 - to overthrow Proverbs 24:28 - not Ecclesiastes 3:16 - General Joel 2:15 - sanctify Micah 7:3 - the great Mark 14:64 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

Genesis 17:20
I have heard what you asked me to do for Ishmael, and so I will also bless him with many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make his family a great nation.

Genesis 21:1
The Lord was good to Sarah and kept his promise.

Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac,

Genesis 21:5
Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born,

Genesis 21:6
and Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Now everyone will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:13
but the son of the slave woman is also your son, and I will make his descendants into a great nation."

Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar an animal skin full of water and some bread. Then he put the boy on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered around in the desert near Beersheba,

Genesis 21:23
Now I want you to promise in the name of God that you will always be loyal to me and my descendants, just as I have always been loyal to you in this land where you have lived as a foreigner."

Genesis 21:24
And so, Abraham promised.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she wrote in the letters, saying, proclaim a fast,.... Pretending fears of some dreadful calamity coming upon the nation, and therefore fasting and humiliation were necessary to avert it, and it would be right to inquire what crimes were committed by men among them, and punish them for them; and intimated to them that Naboth should be chosen as the great offender, and be accused, condemned, and put to death, R. Joseph Kimchi a thinks the phrase signifies "call an assembly or congregation"; convene a court of judicature, from the use of the word in the Talmudic language b; and so it is thought it is used in Jeremiah 36:6 and indeed it can hardly be thought that Jezebel should have much notion of fasting; and besides, if it was a public fast, why should it be proclaimed only in Jezreel, and not throughout the kingdom?

and set Naboth on high among the people; the court being set, bring him to the bar and arraign him; perhaps in their courts of judicature there was a high place above the heads of the people, where criminals accused used to stand when they took their trials, that they might be seen and heard by all in court.

a Apud David. Kimchium in loc. b Vid. Buxtorf. Talmud. Lexic. in rad צסת

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The object of this fast was at once to raise a prejudice against Naboth, who was assumed by the elders to have disgraced the town; and at the same time to give an air of religion to the proceedings, which might blind persons to their real injustice.

Set Naboth on high among his people - This was not an order to do Naboth any, even apparent, honor; but simply a command to bring him forward before a court or assembly, where he might be seen by all, tried, and condemned.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 21:9. Proclaim a fast — Intimate that there is some great calamity coming upon the nation, because of some evil tolerated in it.

Set Naboth on high — Bring him to a public trial.