Catholic Public Domain Version
"And this was the judgment of the letters: “Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people. "
— 1 Kings 21:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:”
“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 responded to her: “I spoke to Naboth, the Jezreelite, and I said to him: ‘Give your vineyard to me, and accept money. Or if it pleases you, I will give to you a better vineyard, in place of it.’ And he said, ‘I will not give my vineyard to you.’ ”
Then Jezebel, his wife, said to him: “You are of great authority, and you rule well in the kingdom of Israel. Rise up and eat bread, and be even-tempered. I will give the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, to you.”
And so, she wrote letters in the name of Ahab, and she sealed these with his ring. And she sent to those greater by birth, and to the nobles who were in his city and living with Naboth.
And this was the judgment of the letters: “Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.
And send out two men, sons of Belial, against him. And let them speak the false testimony: ‘He has blasphemed God and king.’ And then lead him away, and stone him, and so let him die.”
Then his fellow citizens, those greater by birth and the nobles who were living with him in the city, did just as Jezebel had instructed them, and just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them.
They proclaimed a fast, and they caused Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.