Discovery Box1 Kings 21:6-9 
Context21:6 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.’” 1 21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! 2 Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. 3 I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”
21:8 She wrote out orders, 4 signed Ahab’s name to them, 5 and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders 6 to the leaders 7 and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 8 21:9 This is what she wrote: 9 “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.
1 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.
2 tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”
3 tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”
4 tn Heb “scrolls.”
5 tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”
6 tn Heb “scrolls.”
7 tn Heb “elders.”
8 tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”
9 tn Heb “she wrote on the scrolls, saying.”
