Verse 9
1 Kings 21:9
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תִּכְתֹּ֥ב בַּ/סְּפָרִ֖ים לֵ/אמֹ֑ר קִֽרְאוּ צ֔וֹם וְ/הוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ אֶת נָב֖וֹת בְּ/רֹ֥אשׁ הָ/עָֽם
English Translation
And she wrote in the books, saying, "Proclaim a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
And after these things, Naboth the Jezrahelite, who was in Jezrahel, had at that time a vineyard nea...
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And Achab spoke to Naboth, saying: Give me thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs, becau...
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Naboth answered him: The Lord be merciful to me, and not let me give thee the inheritance of my fath...
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And Achab came into his house angry and fretting, because of the word that Naboth the Jezrahelite ha...
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And Jezabel his wife went in to him, and said to him: What is the matter that thy soul is so grieved...
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And he answered her: I spoke to Naboth the Jezrahelite, and said to him: Give me thy vineyard, and t...
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Then Jezabel his wife said to him: Thou art of great authority indeed, and governest well the kingdo...
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So she wrote letter's in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients,...
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And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the p...
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And suborn two men, sons of Belial against him, and let them bear false witness: that he hath blasph...
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And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel ha...
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They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.
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13
And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the d...
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14
And they sent to Jezabel, saying: Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
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And it came to pass when Jezabel heard that Naboth was stoned, and dead, that she said to Achab: Ari...
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And when Achab heard this, to wit, that Naboth was dead, he arose, and went down to the vineyard of...
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And the word of the Lord came to Elias the Thesbite, saying:
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18
Arise, and go down to meet Achab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold he is going down to the v...
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19
And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast slain, moreover also thou hast t...
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20
And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee, because thou art...
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21
Behold I will bring evil upon thee, and I will cut down thy posterity, and I will kill of Achab him...
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And I will make thy house like the t house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and like the house of Baasa...
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And of Jezabel also the Lord spoke, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel.
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If Achab die in the city, the dogs shall eat him: but if he die in the field, the birds of the air s...
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Now there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord: for his w...
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And he became abominable, insomuch that he followed the idols which the Amorrhites had made, whom th...
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And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put haircloth upon his flesh, and fa...
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And the word of the Lord came to Elias the Thesbite, saying:
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Hast thou not seen Achab humbled before me? therefore, because he hath humbled himself for my sake,...
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