1 Kings 21:8

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 Kings 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ⁶  “May the gods judge me severely ⁷  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ⁸ 

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 Heb “saying.”

⁷ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

⁸ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”