1 Kings 21:11
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And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
In other translations
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעֲשׂוּvaiya'asuand they didH6213אַנְשֵׁי'anshei[the] people ofH582עִירוֹirocity hisH5892הַזְּקֵנִיםhazekenimthe eldersH2205וְהַחֹרִיםvehachorimand the noblesH2715אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834הַיֹּשְׁבִיםhaiyoshevim[were] the [ones who] dweltH3427בְּעִירוֹbe'iroin city hisH5892כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834שָׁלְחָהshalechahshe had sentH7971אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413אִיזָבֶל'izavelJezebelH348כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834כָּתוּבkatuv[it was] writtenH3789בַּסְּפָרִיםbasefarimin the lettersH5612אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834שָׁלְחָהshalechahshe had sentH7971אֲלֵיהֶם׃'aleihemto themH413
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Related verses
- 2 Kings 10:6-76 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.6 Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city. 7 And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Exodus 23:1-21 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. 2 You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
- Leviticus 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
- Exodus 1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- 2 Chronicles 24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- 1 Samuel 22:17And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
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People: Jezebel