1 Kings 21:6-9

21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” 21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

21:8 She wrote out orders, signed Ahab’s name to them, and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders to the leaders and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 21:9 This is what she wrote: “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.


tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”

tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”

tn Heb “scrolls.”

tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”

tn Heb “scrolls.”

tn Heb “elders.”

tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”

tn Heb “she wrote on the scrolls, saying.”