1 Raja-raja 21:9-13

21:9 This is what she wrote: ¹  “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people. 21:10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

21:11 The men of the ²  city, the leaders ³  and the nobles who lived there, ⁴  followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. ⁵  21:12 They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people. 21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him ⁶  outside the city and stoned him to death. ⁷ 

[21:9]  ¹ tn Heb “she wrote on the scrolls, saying.”

[21:11]  ² tn Heb “his.”

[21:11]  ³ tn Heb “elders.”

[21:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the nobles who were living in his city.”

[21:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “did as Jezebel sent to them, just as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.”

[21:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “led him.”

[21:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”