1 Kings 21:11
in 1 Kings 21So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Kings 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
This site's exposition
did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters
on 1 Kings 21:11-14
The elders and nobles of Jezreel carry out the queen's letters against their neighbor with no recorded objection. They proclaim the fast, seat Naboth before the people, hear the false charge, and stone him outside the city. They report to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death”. Barnes notes a later record that Naboth's sons died with him, leaving no heir to claim the vineyard.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the men of the city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them,.... That Jezebel should contrive so execrable a scheme, and that there should be such sons of Belial among the common people to swear to such falsehoods, need not seem strange; but that the elders and nobles of the city, the chief magistrates thereof, should be so sadly and universally depraved as to execute such a piece of villany, is really surprising.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩ | vaiyaasu | and they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֨י | ʾanshei | [the] people of | H582 → | 566 times |
| עִיר֜וֹ | iro | city his | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזְּקֵנִ֣ים | hazekenim | the elders | H2205 → | 178 times |
| וְהַחֹרִ֗ים | vehachorim | and the nobles | H2715 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ | haiyoshevim | [were] the [ones who] dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּעִיר֔וֹ | beiro | in city his | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁלְחָ֥ה | shalechah | she had sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אִיזָ֑בֶל | ʾizavel | Jezebel | H348 → | 22 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| כָּתוּב֙ | katuv | [it was] written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| בַּסְּפָרִ֔ים | basefarim | in the letters | H5612 → | 186 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁלְחָ֖ה | shalechah | she had sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩and they did
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
אַנְשֵׁ֨י[the] people of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
עִיר֜וֹcity his
iroH5892 →1090 times
הַזְּקֵנִ֣יםthe elders
hazekenimH2205 →178 times
וְהַחֹרִ֗יםand the nobles
vehachorimH2715 →
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙[were] the [ones who] dwelt
haiyoshevimH3427 →1079 times
בְּעִיר֔וֹin city his
beiroH5892 →1090 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁלְחָ֥הshe had sent
shalechahH7971 →845 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֖םto them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
אִיזָ֑בֶלJezebel
ʾizavelH348 →22 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
כָּתוּב֙[it was] written
katuvH3789 →224 times
בַּסְּפָרִ֔יםin the letters
basefarimH5612 →186 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁלְחָ֖הshe had sent
shalechahH7971 →845 times
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃to them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
it 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 separate 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.
- Exodus 1:17
Through
Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
it 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.
- Deuteronomy 1:17
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).