1 Kings 21:9

1 Kings 21:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
• New International Version (NIV)In those letters she wrote: “Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;

Context of 1 Kings 21:9

7Jezebel said, ‘You are the king who rules Israel! Now get up from your bed and eat something. Do not be upset! I will get Naboth's vineyard for you.’ 8Jezebel wrote some letters as if King Ahab had written them. She used his special seal as a mark on them. Then she sent them to the older leaders and important men who lived in Jezreel with Naboth. This is what she wrote in those letters: ‘Choose a day for everyone to fast. Give Naboth a seat where the people can see him. 10Put two wicked men in seats near him. Tell them to accuse Naboth that he has insulted God and the king. Then take him out. Throw stones at him until he is dead.’ 11So the leaders and the important men who lived in Naboth's city, obeyed Jezebel. They did what she commanded them to do in the letters that she sent to them.

1 Kings 21:9 word by word

וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב בַּסְּפָרִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר קִֽרְאוּ־צ֔וֹם וְהוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ אֶת־נָב֖וֹת בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And she wroteכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• in the lettersסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: documentH5612
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Proclaimקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call outH7121
• a fastצוֹםtsôm tsôm · fastH6685
• and setיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• Nabothנָבוֹתnâbôth · NabothH5022
• on highרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• among the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 1 Kings 21:9

• Genesis 34:13Because of the bad thing that Shechem had done to Dinah, Jacob's sons decided to deceive him. And they deceived his father Hamor too.
• Isaiah 58:4Yes! While you are fasting, you are also quarrelling and you are fighting. You hit each other with your fists. If you want your prayers to reach me in heaven, you cannot continue to fast in the way that you do today.
• Matthew 2:8Herod sent the men to Bethlehem. He said to them, ‘Go and look everywhere for this child. When you find him, come back here and tell me where he is. Then I can also go and worship him.’
• Matthew 23:14[It will be very bad for you, teachers of God's Law and Pharisees. You are hypocrites! You take things away from women after their husbands have died. You pray for a long time so that other people will praise you. God will punish you much more than other people.]
• Luke 20:47They take things away from women after their husbands have died, even their houses. Then they pray for a long time so that other people will praise them. Because they do these things, God will punish those men much more than other people.’
• John 18:28The Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Roman ruler's big house. It was early in the morning. The Jewish leaders wanted to follow the Jewish rules so that they could eat the Passover meal. They did not go into the ruler's house, because it would have made them unclean.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 21:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Proclaim 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-16Verses 5-16 When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the form of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be expected. Never were more wicked orders given by any prince, than those Jezebel sent to the rulers of Jezreel. Naboth must be murdered under colour of religion. There is no wickedness so vile, so horrid, but religion has sometimes been made a cover for it. Also, it must be done under colour of justice, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9among the people: This type of meeting usually dealt with sin that might lead to divine punishment (see Deuteronomy 21:1–9; Joshua 7:10–12; 1 Samuel 7:1–6). Jezebel called it to falsely accuse an innocent person.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Proclaim a fast, &c.--Those obsequious and unprincipled magistrates did according to orders. Pretending that a heavy guilt lay on one, or some unknown party, who was charged with blaspheming God and the king and that Ahab was threatening vengeance on the whole city unless the culprit were discovered and punished, they assembled the people to observe a solemn fast. Fasts were commanded on extraordinary occasions affecting the public interests of the…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 21:9

• Confiscation
• Conspiracy
• Covetousness
• Dishonesty
• Falsehood
• Government
• Indictments
• Jezebel
• Judge
• King
• Naboth
• Perjury
• Slander
• Usurpation
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Abominably
• Ahab
• Blaspheme
• Fast
• Lay
• Lick
• Provocation
• Stoning
• Witness
• Writing

Commentaries on 1 Kings 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings