21:8 She wrote out orders, 1 signed Ahab’s name to them, 2 and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders 3 to the leaders 4 and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 5
1 tn Heb “scrolls.”
2 tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”
3 tn Heb “scrolls.”
4 tn Heb “elders.”
5 tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”
6 tn Aram “establish a written interdict and inscribe a written decree.”
7 tn Or “removed.”
11 tc The MT also has “about the edict of the king,” but this phrase is absent in the LXX and the Syriac. The present translation deletes the expression.
12 tn Aram “the word is true.”
16 tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”
17 tn Aram “the king.”
18 tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”