Find some men that will tell lies about Naboth. Those people should say that they heard Naboth speak against the king and against God. Then take Naboth out of the city and kill him with rocks.
1 Kings 21:9 - Easy To Read Version This is what the letter said: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in the letters she said, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth up high among the people. American Standard Version (1901) And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: Common English Bible This is what she wrote in the letters: “Announce a fast and place Naboth at the head of the people. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people. |
Find some men that will tell lies about Naboth. Those people should say that they heard Naboth speak against the king and against God. Then take Naboth out of the city and kill him with rocks.
Then Jezebel wrote some letters. She signed Ahab’s name to the letters. She used Ahab’s own seal to seal the letters. Then she sent them to the elders (leaders) and important men who lived in the same town as Naboth.
You are hungry; but not for food. You are hungry for arguing and fighting, not bread. You are hungry to hit people with your evil hands. When you stop eating food, it is not for me. You don’t want to use your voice to praise me.
Then Herod sent the wise men to Bethlehem. Herod said to the wise men, “Go and look carefully to find the new baby. When you find the baby, come tell me. Then I can go worship him too.”
“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.
But they are mean to widows {\cf2\super [328]} and steal their homes. Then they try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. God will punish these people very much.”
Then the guards took Jesus from Caiaphas’ house to the \{Roman governor’s\} palace. It was early in the morning. The Jews there would not go inside the palace. They did not want to make themselves unclean, {\cf2\super [237]} because they wanted to eat the Passover {\cf2\super [238]} meal.