21:8 She wrote out orders, 7 signed Ahab’s name to them, 8 and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders 9 to the leaders 10 and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 11
1 tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”
2 tn Heb “so your servant will do.”
3 tn Heb “many days.”
4 tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”
5 tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
7 tn Heb “scrolls.”
8 tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”
9 tn Heb “scrolls.”
10 tn Heb “elders.”
11 tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”