American Standard Version
"And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: "
— 1 Kings 21:9, American Standard Version
“And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:”
“She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.”
“This is what she wrote:“Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.”
“And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people;”
“And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;”
“And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:”
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.
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
and set two men, base fellows, 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 to death.
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.
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.