1 Kings 21:9

Easy-to-Read Version

This is what the letter said: "Announce that there will be a day of fasting when the people will eat nothing. Then call all the people of the town together for a meeting. At the meeting we will talk about Naboth.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the letters, she wrote:

Hebrew Names Version
She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Navot on high among the people:

King James Version
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

English Standard Version
And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

New Century Version
The letter she wrote said: "Declare a day during which the people are to fast. Call the people together, and give Naboth a place of honor among them.

New English Translation
This is what she wrote: "Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.

Amplified Bible
Now in the letters she wrote, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

New American Standard Bible
Now she had written in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And shee wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people,

Legacy Standard Bible
And she wrote in the letters, saying, "Call for a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Complete Jewish Bible
In the letters she wrote, "Proclaim a fast, and give Navot the seat of honor among the people.

Darby Translation
And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

George Lamsa Translation
And she wrote in the letter, saying, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people;

Good News Translation
The letters said: "Proclaim a day of fasting, call the people together, and give Naboth the place of honor.

Lexham English Bible
She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

Literal Translation
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and wrote thus in ye letter: Proclame a fast, and set Naboth aboue in the people,

American Standard Version
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Bible in Basic English
And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And she wrote in the letter, saying: Proclayme a fast, and set Naboth on hye among the people:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she wrote in the letters, saying: 'Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

King James Version (1611)
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to the messengers of the son of Ader, Say to your master, All things that thou hast sent to thy servant about at first I will do; but this thing I shall not be able to do. And the men departed, and carried back the answer to him.

English Revised Version
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Berean Standard Bible
In the letters she wrote: "Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli this was the sentence of the lettre; Preche ye fastyng, and make ye Naboth to sitte among the firste men of the puple;

Young's Literal Translation
and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

Update Bible Version
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Webster's Bible Translation
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

World English Bible
She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

New King James Version
She wrote in the letters, saying, 4 Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;

New Living Translation
In her letters she commanded: "Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor.

New Life Bible
She wrote in the letters, saying, "Tell the people that it is a time when they should not eat. And put Naboth in front of the people.

New Revised Standard
She wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the assembly;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now she wrote in the letters, saying, - Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people;

Revised Standard Version
And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Contextual Overview

⁵ His wife Jezebel went to him and asked him, "Why are you upset? Why do you refuse to eat?" ⁶ Ahab answered, "I asked Naboth from Jezreel to give me his vineyard. I told him that I would pay him the full price. Or, if he preferred, I would give him another vineyard. But he refused to give it to me." ⁷ Jezebel answered, "But you are the king over Israel! Get out of bed and eat something, and you will feel better. I will get Naboth's vineyard for you." ⁸ Then Jezebel wrote some letters. She signed Ahab's name to them and used his seal to seal the letters. Then she sent them to the elders and important men who lived in the same town as Naboth. ⁹ This is what the letter said: "Announce that there will be a day of fasting when the people will eat nothing. Then call all the people of the town together for a meeting. At the meeting we will talk about Naboth. ¹⁰ Find some men who will tell lies about Naboth. They should say that they heard Naboth speak against the king and against God. Then take Naboth out of the city and kill him with stones." ¹¹ So the elders and important men of Jezreel obeyed the command. ¹² 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. ¹³ Then two men told the people that they heard Naboth speak against God and the king. So the people carried Naboth out of the city and killed him with stones. ¹⁴ Then the leaders sent a message to Jezebel that said: "Naboth has been killed."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proclaim a fast: Genesis 34:13-17, Isaiah 58:4, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 23:14, Luke 20:47, John 18:28

on high among: Heb. in the top of

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:14 - uncircumcised Genesis 39:17 - General Exodus 32:5 - made proclamation 2 Samuel 14:30 - And Absalom's 2 Samuel 15:12 - while he offered Proverbs 7:14 - this Proverbs 18:5 - to overthrow Proverbs 24:28 - not Ecclesiastes 3:16 - General Joel 2:15 - sanctify Micah 7:3 - the great Mark 14:64 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Sarai was Abram's wife, but she did not have any children. She had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Genesis 17:20
"You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him, and he will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.

Genesis 21:1
The Lord came back to visit Sarah as he said he would, and he kept his promise to her.

Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac.

Genesis 21:5
Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.

Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, "God has made me happy, and everyone who hears about this will be happy with me.

Genesis 21:13
But I will also bless the son of your slave woman. He is your son, so I will make a great nation from his family also."

Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and water and gave them to Hagar. She carried them and left with her boy. She left that place and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:23
So make a promise to me here before God. Promise that you will be fair with me and with my children. Promise that you will be kind to me and this country where you have lived. Promise that you will be as kind to me as I have been to you."

Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, "I promise to treat you the same way you have treated me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she wrote in the letters, saying, proclaim a fast,.... Pretending fears of some dreadful calamity coming upon the nation, and therefore fasting and humiliation were necessary to avert it, and it would be right to inquire what crimes were committed by men among them, and punish them for them; and intimated to them that Naboth should be chosen as the great offender, and be accused, condemned, and put to death, R. Joseph Kimchi a thinks the phrase signifies "call an assembly or congregation"; convene a court of judicature, from the use of the word in the Talmudic language b; and so it is thought it is used in Jeremiah 36:6 and indeed it can hardly be thought that Jezebel should have much notion of fasting; and besides, if it was a public fast, why should it be proclaimed only in Jezreel, and not throughout the kingdom?

and set Naboth on high among the people; the court being set, bring him to the bar and arraign him; perhaps in their courts of judicature there was a high place above the heads of the people, where criminals accused used to stand when they took their trials, that they might be seen and heard by all in court.

a Apud David. Kimchium in loc. b Vid. Buxtorf. Talmud. Lexic. in rad צסת

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The object of this fast was at once to raise a prejudice against Naboth, who was assumed by the elders to have disgraced the town; and at the same time to give an air of religion to the proceedings, which might blind persons to their real injustice.

Set Naboth on high among his people - This was not an order to do Naboth any, even apparent, honor; but simply a command to bring him forward before a court or assembly, where he might be seen by all, tried, and condemned.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 21:9. Proclaim a fast — Intimate that there is some great calamity coming upon the nation, because of some evil tolerated in it.

Set Naboth on high — Bring him to a public trial.