1 Kings 21:10-16

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 ¹  city, the leaders ²  and the nobles who lived there, ³  followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. ⁴  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 ⁵  outside the city and stoned him to death. ⁶  21:14 Then they reported to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.” ⁷ 

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ⁸  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, ⁹  he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

[21:11]  ¹ tn Heb “his.”

[21:11]  ² tn Heb “elders.”

[21:11]  ³ tn Heb “and the nobles who were living in his city.”

[21:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “did as Jezebel sent to them, just as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.”

[21:13]  ¹ tn Heb “led him.”

[21:13]  ² tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”

[21:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Naboth was stoned and he died.” So also in v. 15.

[21:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[21:16]  ¹ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words here: “he tore his garments and put on sackcloth. After these things.”