1 Kings 21:9
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And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people;

Proclaim a fast

Genesis 34:13-17 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister: . . .

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.

Matthew 2:8 And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and adore him.

Matthew 23:14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.

Luke 20:47 Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.

John 18:28 Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was morning: and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.

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Context
Jezebel's Plot
8So 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. 9And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people;10And suborn two men, sons of Belial, against him. and let them bear false witness; that he hath blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, and so let him die.…
Cross References
1 Kings 21:8
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.

1 Kings 21:10
And suborn two men, sons of Belial, against him. and let them bear false witness; that he hath blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, and so let him die.

Lexicon
In the letters
בַּסְּפָרִ֖ים (bas·sə·p̄ā·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5612: A missive, document, writing, book

she wrote:
וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב (wat·tiḵ·tōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3789: To grave, to write

“Proclaim
קִֽרְאוּ־ (qir·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

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

and give
וְהוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ (wə·hō·wō·šî·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine 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
In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

And the servants of the king of Syria, even they said, The God of Israel is a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us: but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them.

And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

and she writeth in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,
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