1 Raja-raja 21:8-10

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.”

1 Raja-raja 21:13-15

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 ⁷  outside the city and stoned him to death. ⁸  21:14 Then they reported to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.” ⁹ 

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ¹⁰  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.”

[21:8]  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.”

[21:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “led him.”

[21:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”

[21:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “Naboth was stoned and he died.” So also in v. 15.

[21:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.