1-kings 21:9
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
American King James Version (AKJV)
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
American Standard Version (ASV)
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;
Webster's Revision
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
World English Bible
She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
Definitions for 1-kings 21:9
Clarke's 1-kings 21:9 Bible Commentary
Proclaim a fast - Intimate that there is some great calamity coming upon the nation, because of some evil tolerated in it.
Set Naboth on high - Bring him to a public trial.
Barnes's 1-kings 21:9 Bible Commentary
The object of this fast was at once to raise a prejudice against Naboth, who was assumed by the elders to have disgraced the town; and at the same time to give an air of religion to the proceedings, which might blind persons to their real injustice.
Set Naboth on high among his people - This was not an order to do Naboth any, even apparent, honor; but simply a command to bring him forward before a court or assembly, where he might be seen by all, tried, and condemned.
Wesley's 1-kings 21:9 Bible Commentary
21:9 A fast - To remove all suspicion of evil design in Ahab, and to beget a good opinion of him amongst his people, as if he were grownzealous for God's honour, and careful of his people's welfare, andtherefore desirous to enquire into all those sins which provoked Godagainst them. On high - On a scaffold, or high - place, where malefactorswere usually placed, that they might be seen, and heard by all the people.