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
4:3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. 6
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records.
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 “were scribes”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “secretaries”; TEV, NLT “court secretaries.”