1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.

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WEBBE

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.

BSB

Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

KJV

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

ASV

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, [and] that dwelt with Naboth.

BBE

So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

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וַתִּכְתֹּב va·tikh·to and she wrote H3789 סְפָרִים se·fa·rim letters H5612 בְּשֵׁם be·shem in [the] name of H8034 אַחְאָב 'ach·'av Ahab H256 וַתַּחְתֹּם va·tach·tom and she sealed [them] H2856 בְּחֹתָמוֹ be·cho·ta·mo with seal his H2368 וַתִּשְׁלַח va·tish·lach and she sent H7971 סְפָרִים has·fa·rim letters H5612 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הַזְקֵנִים haz·ke·nim the elders H2205 וְאֶל־ ve·'el- and to H413 הַחֹרִים ha·cho·rim the nobles H2715 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 בְּעִירוֹ be·'i·ro [were] in city his H5892 הַיֹּשְׁבִים hai·yo·she·vim who dwelt H3427 אֶת־ 'et- with H854 נָבוֹת na·vot Naboth H5022

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 with the formalities of legal process. Let us, from this sad story, be amazed at the wickedness of the wicked, and the power of Satan in the children of disobedience. Let us commit the keeping of our lives and comforts to God, for innocence will not always be our security; and let us rejoice in the knowledge that all will be set to rights in the great day.

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Cross-references

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NabothAhab

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WomenGovernmentJudgeConspiracySealPerjuryForgery

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.