1 Kings 21:12-16

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 ¹  outside the city and stoned him to death. ²  21:14 Then they reported to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.” ³ 

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ⁴  said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.” 21:16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, ⁵  he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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¹ tn Heb “led him.”

² tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”

³ tn Heb “Naboth was stoned and he died.” So also in v. 15.

⁴ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words here: “he tore his garments and put on sackcloth. After these things.”