1 Kings 21:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jezebel 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. Get two liars to sit facing 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.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:7

Ahab called a meeting with the leaders of Israel and said, “Benhadad is causing real trouble. He told me to give him my wives and children, as well as my silver and gold. And I agreed.”

1 Kings 21:1

Naboth owned a vineyard in Jezreel near King Ahab's palace.

2 Kings 10:11

Then Jehu killed the rest of Ahab's relatives living in Jezreel, as well as his highest officials, his priests, and his closest friends. No one in Ahab's family was left alive in Jezreel.

2 Chronicles 32:17

Sennacherib's letter even made fun of the LORD. It said, “The gods of other nations could not save their people from Assyria's army, and neither will the God that Hezekiah worships.”

Ezra 4:11

This letter said: Your Majesty King Artaxerxes, we are your servants from everywhere in Western Province, and we send you our greetings.

Nehemiah 6:5

Finally, Sanballat sent an official to me with an unsealed letter,

Numbers 11:16

The LORD said to Moses: Choose seventy of Israel's respected leaders and go with them to the sacred tent.

Matthew 27:66

So they sealed it tight and placed soldiers there to guard it.

Ruth 4:11

The town leaders and the others standing there said: We are witnesses to this. And we pray that the LORD will give your wife many children, just as he did Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob. May you be a rich man in the tribe of Ephrath and an important man in Bethlehem.

Ruth 4:2

Then Boaz got ten of the town leaders and also asked them to sit down. After they had sat down,