1 Kings 21:11 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 21:11

So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

KJV

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The ready submission of the elders and nobles implies a deep moral degradation among the Israelites, the fruit of their lapse into idolatry.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩	vai.ya.'a.Su	and they did	H6213 →
אַנְשֵׁ֨י	'an.Shei	[the] people of	H582 →
עִיר֜וֹ	i.Ro	city his	H5892 →
הַזְּקֵנִ֣ים	ha.ze.ke.Nim	the elders	H2205 →
וְהַחֹרִ֗ים	ve.ha.cho.Rim	and the nobles	H2715 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙	hai.yo.she.Vim	[were] the [ones who] dwelt	H3427 →
בְּעִיר֔וֹ	be.'i.Ro	in city his	H5892 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
שָׁלְחָ֥ה	sha.le.Chah	she had sent	H7971 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
אִיזָ֑בֶל	'i.Za.vel	Jezebel	H348 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
כָּתוּב֙	ka.Tuv	[it was] written	H3789 →
בַּסְּפָרִ֔ים	ba.se.fa.Rim	in the letters	H5612 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
שָׁלְחָ֖ה	sha.le.Chah	she had sent	H7971 →
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
leads to
- Exodus 1:17
  The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 5:29
  But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- 1 Corinthians 10:15
  I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
Through
Leviticus 19:15
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:17
  Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I…
- Deuteronomy 27:19
  ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Proverbs 24:23
  These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Exodus 23:6–8
  You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
- Exodus 23:2–3
  You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.