1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
BSB
ASV
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
KJV
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
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Isaiah 58:4You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
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In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
They proclaimed a fast,.... Or called a court; see Gill on 1Ki 21:9. and set Naboth on high among the people; placed him at the bar as a criminal; see Gill on 1Ki 21:9, though Josephus (c) thinks he was set on an high place in the court, because he was of an illustrious birth. (c) Antiqu. l. 3. c. 13. sect. 8.
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