1 Kings 21:8-11

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  21:9 This is what she wrote: ⁶  “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 ⁷  city, the leaders ⁸  and the nobles who lived there, ⁹  followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. ¹⁰ 

[21:8]  ¹ tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ² tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”

[21:8]  ³ tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “elders.”

[21:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”

[21:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “she wrote on the scrolls, saying.”

[21:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “his.”

[21:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “elders.”

[21:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the nobles who were living in his city.”

[21:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “did as Jezebel sent to them, just as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.”