Discovery Box1 Kings 21:9-13 
Context21:9 This is what she wrote: 1 “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people. 21:10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
21:11 The men of the 2 city, the leaders 3 and the nobles who lived there, 4 followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. 5 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 6 outside the city and stoned him to death. 7
1 tn Heb “she wrote on the scrolls, saying.”
2 tn Heb “his.”
3 tn Heb “elders.”
4 tn Heb “and the nobles who were living in his city.”
5 tn Heb “did as Jezebel sent to them, just as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.”
6 tn Heb “led him.”
7 tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”
