Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, ‘Recognise that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.’
1 Kings 21:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal. She sent the letters to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, dwelling with Naboth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal and sent them to the elders and nobles who dwelt with Naboth in his city. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, putting his seal on them. She sent them to the elders and officials who lived in the same town as Naboth. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. |
Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, ‘Recognise that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.’
Some time passed after these events. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard; it was in Jezreel next to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
In the letters, she wrote: Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.
So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel #– #all his great men, close friends, and priests #– #leaving him no survivors.
He also wrote letters to mock the Lord, the God of Israel, saying against him: Just like the national gods of the lands that did not rescue their people from my power, so Hezekiah’s God will not rescue his people from my power.
This is the text of the letter they sent to him: To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the River Euphrates:
Sanballat sent me this same message a fifth time by his assistant, who had an open letter in his hand.
The Lord answered Moses, ‘Bring me seventy men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and make them stand there with you.
They went and secured the tomb by setting a seal on the stone and placing the guards.
All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, ‘We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.
Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders and said, ‘Sit here.’ And they sat down.