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1 Kings 21:8

Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

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ASV

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

KJV

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתִּכְתֹּ֤בva.tikh.Toand she wroteH3789 →
סְפָרִים֙se.fa.RimlettersH5612 →
בְּשֵׁ֣םbe.Shemin [the] name ofH8034 →
אַחְאָ֔ב'ach.'AvAhabH256 →
וַתַּחְתֹּ֖םva.tach.Tomand she sealed [them]H2856 →
בְּחֹתָמ֑וֹbe.cho.ta.Mowith seal hisH2368 →
וַתִּשְׁלַ֣חva.tish.Lachand she sentH7971 →
סְפָרִ֗יםhas.fa.rimlettersH5612 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַזְקֵנִ֤יםhaz.ke.Nimthe eldersH2205 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
הַֽחֹרִים֙ha.cho.Rimthe noblesH2715 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
בְּעִיר֔וֹbe.'i.Ro[were] in city hisH5892 →
הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖יםhai.yo.she.Vimwho dweltH3427 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
נָבֽוֹת׃na.VotNabothH5022 →

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Esther 3:12On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.Ruth 4:2Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.Esther 8:8Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”1 Kings 20:7Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”2 Chronicles 32:17He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”Nehemiah 6:5The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter1 Kings 21:1Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.Esther 3:12–15On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.Esther 8:8–13Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”Deuteronomy 16:18–19You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.Numbers 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.Deuteronomy 21:1–9If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,2 Samuel 11:14–15The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.Ezra 4:7–8And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.2 Kings 10:1–7Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:2 Kings 10:11So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.Ezra 4:11(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:Esther 8:10Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

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