21:11 The men of the 1 city, the leaders 2 and the nobles who lived there, 3 followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. 4 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 5 outside the city and stoned him to death. 6
1 tn Heb “his.”
2 tn Heb “elders.”
3 tn Heb “and the nobles who were living in his city.”
4 tn Heb “did as Jezebel sent to them, just as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.”
5 tn Heb “led him.”
6 tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”