1 Kings 21:12
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They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.

1 Kings 21:8-10 So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. . . .

Isaiah 58:4 Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.

Context
Jezebel's Plot
11And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them; 12They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.13And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people: saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Wherefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death.…
Cross References
1 Kings 21:11
And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them;

Isaiah 58:4
Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.

Lexicon
They proclaimed
קָרְא֖וּ (qā·rə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

a fast
צ֑וֹם (ṣō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6685: Fasting, a fast

and gave
וְהֹשִׁ֥יבוּ (wə·hō·šî·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

Naboth
נָב֖וֹת (nā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5022: Naboth -- a Jezreelite

a seat of honor
בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

among the people.
הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


Additional Translations
They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Ader reviewed Syria, and went up to Apheca to war against Israel.

they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people,
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