1 Kings 21:9

Wycliffe Bible

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

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;

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.

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.

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 Forsothe Jezabel, his wijf, entride to hym, and seide to hym, What is this thing, wherof thi soule is maad sory? and whi etist thou not breed? ⁶ Which answeride to hir, Y spak to Naboth of Jezrael, and Y seide to hym, Yyue thi vyner to me for money takun, ethir if it plesith thee, Y schal yyue to thee a betere vyner for it. And he seide, Y schal not yyue to thee my vyner. ⁷ Therfor Jezabel, his wijf, seide to hym, Thou art of greet auctorite, and thou gouernest wel Israel; rise thou, and ete breed, and be thou `pacient, ethir coumfortid; Y schal yyue to thee the vyner of Naboth of Jezrael. ⁸ Therfor sche wroot lettris in the name of Achab, and seelide tho with the ryng of hym; and sche sente to the grettere men in birthe, and to the beste men, that weren in the citee of hym, and dwelliden with Naboth. ⁹ Sotheli this was the sentence of the lettre; Preche ye fastyng, and make ye Naboth to sitte among the firste men of the puple; ¹⁰ and sende ye priueli twei men, the sones of Belial, ayens hym, and sey thei fals witnessyng, Naboth blesside God and the kyng; and lede ye out hym, and stoon ye him, and die he so. ¹¹ Therfor hise citeseyns, the grettere men in birthe, and the beste men that dwelliden with hym in the citee, diden as Jezabel hadde comaundid, and as it was writun in the lettris, whiche sche hadde sent to hem. ¹² Thei prechiden fastyng, and maden Naboth to sitte among the firste men of the puple; ¹³ and whanne twey men, sones of the deuel, weren brouyt, thei maden hem to sitte ayens hym, and thei, that is, as men of the deuel, seiden witnessyng ayens him bifor al the multitude, Naboth blesside God and the kyng; for which thing thei ledden hym with out the citee, and killiden him with stoonys. ¹⁴ And thei senten to Jezabel, and seiden, Naboth is stoonyd, and is deed.

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
Therfor Sarai, wijf of Abram, hadde not gendrid fre children; but sche hadde a seruauntesse of Egipt, Agar bi name, and seide to hir hosebonde, Lo!

Genesis 17:20
also on Ysmael Y haue herd thee, lo! Y schal blesse him, and Y schal encreesse, and Y schal multiplie him greetli; he schal gendre twelue dukis, and Y schal make hym in to a greet folk.

Genesis 21:1
Forsothe God visitide Sare, as he bihiyte, and fillide tho thingis, that he spak.

Genesis 21:3
And Abraham clepide the name of his sone, whom Sare childide to him, Ysaac.

Genesis 21:5
whanne he was of an hundrid yeer; for Ysaac was borun in this age of the fadir.

Genesis 21:6
And Sare seide, The Lord made leiyynge to me, and who euer schal here schal leiye with me.

Genesis 21:13
but also I schal make the sone of the handmaid in to a greet folk, for he is thi seed.

Genesis 21:14
And so Abraham roos eerli, and took breed, and a botel of watir, and puttide on hir schuldre, and bitook the child, and lefte hir; and whanne sche hadde go, sche yede out of the weie in the wildirnesse of Bersabee.

Genesis 21:23
therfore swere thou bi God that thou noye not me, and myn eiris, and my kynrede; but bi the mersi whych Y dide to thee, do thou to me, and to the lond in which thou lyuedist a comelyng.

Genesis 21:24
And Abraham seide, Y schal swere.

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.