1 Kings 21:9

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;

Parallel Translations

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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.

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:

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;

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

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.

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;

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

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:

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.

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,

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

⁵ Then came unto him Jezebel his wife, - and said unto him - Why is it, that thy spirit is sullen, that thou art, not eating food? ⁶ And he said unto her - Because I spake unto Naboth, the Jezreelite, and said unto him - Come! give me thy vineyard for silver, or, if thou wouldst prefer, I will give thee a vineyard, in its stead; and he said - I will not give thee my vineyard. ⁷ Then Jezebel his wife said unto him: Art, thou, still, going to carry on the kingdom over Israel? Rise! eat food, and let thy heart be merry, I, will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite! ⁸ So she wrote letters, in the name of Ahab, and sealed them with his signet-ring, - and sent the letters unto the elders, and unto the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. ⁹ Now she wrote in the letters, saying, - Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people; ¹⁰ then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die. ¹¹ So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent unto them, - as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them: ¹² they proclaimed a fast, - and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. ¹³ Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. ¹⁴ Then sent they unto Jezebel, saying, - Naboth is stoned and is dead.

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
But Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children, - she had, however, an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 17:20
Yet as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; o! I have blessed trim and will make him fruitful, and multiply him, exceedingly, - twelve princes, shall he beget, and I will grant him to be a great nation;

Genesis 21:1
Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said, - And Yahweh did for Sarah as he had spoken.

Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac.

Genesis 21:5
Now Abraham was a hundred years old, - when Isaac his son was born to him.

Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me, - Everyone that heareth will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:13
Yet even the son of the bondwoman, will I appoint to become, a nation, because thy seed, he is.

Genesis 21:14
So Abraham rose up early in the morning - and took bread and a skin of water and gave unto hagar, - putting them on her shoulder and the child, and sent her forth, - so she went her way and wandered, in the desert of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 21:23
Now, therefore, swear to me by God, here, that thou wilt not deal falsely by me, nor by mine offspring, nor by my descendants, - according to the lovingkindness wherewith I have dealt with thee, shalt thou deal with me, and with the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, I, will swear.

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.