1 Kings 21:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ The men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. Just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt there, did as Jezebel had directed in the letters sent them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ 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.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The elders and the officials who lived in Naboth’s town did exactly as Jezebel specified in the letters that she had sent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

1 Kings 21:11 Cross References

1 Kings 21:10

seat two scoundrels opposite him, and have them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

1 Kings 21:12

they proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the assembly.

2 Chronicles 24:21

But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the Lord.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:21

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the favor of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back, and deliverance stands at a distance, for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after vanity.

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

Micah 6:16

For you have kept the statutes of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you have followed their counsels. Therefore I will make you a desolation and your inhabitants an object of hissing, so you shall bear the scorn of my people.

Matthew 2:12

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.

1 Samuel 22:17

The king said to the guard who stood around him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David; they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not raise a hand to attack the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 23:20

Now, O king, whenever you wish to come down, do so, and our part will be to surrender him into the king’s hand.”