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1 Kings 21:12

They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Confiscation;   Conspiracy;   Covetousness;   Dishonesty;   Falsehood;   Government;   Homicide;   Indictments;   Jezebel;   Judge;   King;   Naboth;   Perjury;   Slander;   Usurpation;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jezebel;   Queens;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fasting;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Justice;   Naboth;   Vine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Jezebel;   King;   Lie;   Steal;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fast, Fasting;   Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fast;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fasting;   Judges;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Esdraelon;   Festivals;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Naboth;   Queen;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Jezebel;   Justice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jezebel ;   Jezreelite, Jezreelitess ;   Naboth ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Naboth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Jezebel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jezebel;   Judge;   Naboth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
Hebrew Names Version
They proclaimed a fast, and set Navot on high among the people.
King James Version
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
English Standard Version
they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.
New Century Version
They declared a special day on which the people were to fast. And they put Naboth in a place of honor before the people.
New English Translation
They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people.
New American Standard Bible
They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people,
Legacy Standard Bible
They called for a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
Contemporary English Version
They told the people that it was a day to go without eating, and when they all came together, they seated Naboth at the front.
Complete Jewish Bible
They proclaimed a fast and gave Navot the seat of honor among the people.
Darby Translation
they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
The leaders announced that there would be a day when all the people would eat nothing. On that day they called all the people together for a meeting. They put Naboth in a special place before the people.
George Lamsa Translation
They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth on high among the people.
Good News Translation
They proclaimed a day of fasting, called the people together, and gave Naboth the place of honor.
Lexham English Bible
They called a fast, and they seated Naboth at the head of the people.
Literal Translation
They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth to sit at the head of the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and they proclamed a fast, and caused Naboth to syt aboue amonge the people.
American Standard Version
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
Bible in Basic English
They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They proclaymed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
King James Version (1611)
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when he returned him this answer, he and all the kings with him were drinking in tents: and he said to his servants, Form a trench. And they made a trench against the city.
English Revised Version
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
Berean Standard Bible
They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei prechiden fastyng, and maden Naboth to sitte among the firste men of the puple;
Young's Literal Translation
they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people,
Update Bible Version
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
World English Bible
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
New King James Version
They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth with high honor among the people.
New Living Translation
They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
New Life Bible
They told the people that it was a time when they should not eat. And they put Naboth in front of the people.
New Revised Standard
they proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the assembly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
they proclaimed a fast, - and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.
Revised Standard Version
they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

Contextual Overview

5Then Jezebel his wife came to him and asked him, "Why is your spirit so troubled that you have not eaten?" 6And he said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it.' But he answered, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'" 7Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now reign over Israel? Get up, eat food, and let your heart rejoice; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." 8So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. 9Now in the letters she wrote, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; 10and seat two worthless and unprincipled men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death." 11So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived there, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. 12They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.13Two worthless and unprincipled men came in and sat down opposite him; and they testified against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed and renounced God and the king." Then they brought him outside the city and stoned him to death. 14Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned to death."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 21:8-10, Isaiah 58:4

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 11:16 - he assigned 2 Samuel 15:12 - while he offered 2 Kings 10:20 - Proclaim Joel 2:15 - sanctify Acts 4:7 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
But God said, "No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall name him Isaac (laughter); and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.
Genesis 17:21
"But My covenant [My promise, My solemn pledge], I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."
Genesis 21:7
And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have given birth to a son by him in his old age."
Genesis 21:8
The child [Isaac] grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
1 Samuel 8:7
The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.
1 Samuel 8:9
"So now listen to their voice; only solemnly warn them and tell them the ways of the king who will reign over them."
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,'
Hebrews 11:18
to whom it was said, "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE CALLED."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They proclaimed a fast,.... Or called a court,

:-.

and set Naboth on high among the people; placed him at the bar as a criminal, :-, though Josephus c thinks he was set on an high place in the court, because he was of an illustrious birth.

c Antiqu. l. 3. c. 13. sect. 8.


 
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