Verse 8
So she wrote{H3789} letters{H5612} in Ahab's{H256} name,{H8034} and sealed{H2856} them with his seal,{H2368} and sent{H7971} the letters{H5612} unto the elders{H2205} and to the nobles{H2715} that were in his city,{H5892} [and] that dwelt{H3427} with Naboth.{H5022}
Referenced Verses
- Num 11:16 : 16 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Gather{H622} unto me seventy{H7657} men{H376} of the elders{H2205} of Israel,{H3478} whom thou knowest{H3045} to be the elders{H2205} of the people,{H5971} and officers{H7860} over them; and bring{H3947} them unto the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} that they may stand{H3320} there with thee.
- Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Judges{H8199} and officers{H7860} shalt thou make{H5414} thee in all thy gates,{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, according to thy tribes;{H7626} and they shall judge{H8199} the people{H5971} with righteous{H6664} judgment.{H4941} 19 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} justice:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5234} persons;{H6440} neither shalt thou take{H3947} a bribe;{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} doth blind{H5786} the eyes{H5869} of the wise,{H2450} and pervert{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
- Deut 21:1-9 : 1 If one be found{H4672} slain{H2491} in the land{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee to possess{H3423} it, lying{H5307} in the field,{H7704} and it be not known{H3045} who hath smitten{H5221} him; 2 then thy elders{H2205} and thy judges{H8199} shall come forth,{H3318} and they shall measure{H4058} unto the cities{H5892} which are round about{H5439} him that is slain:{H2491} 3 and it shall be, that the city{H5892} which is nearest{H7138} unto the slain man,{H2491} even the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892} shall take{H3947} a heifer{H1241} of the herd, which hath not been wrought with,{H5647} and which hath not drawn{H4900} in the yoke;{H5923} 4 and the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892} shall bring down{H3381} the heifer{H5697} unto a{H386} valley{H5158} with running water, which is neither plowed{H5647} nor sown,{H2232} and shall break{H6202} the heifer's{H5697} neck{H6202} there in the valley.{H5158} 5 And the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878} shall come near;{H5066} for them Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977} to minister{H8334} unto him, and to bless{H1288} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah;{H3068} and according to their word{H6310} shall every controversy{H7379} and every stroke{H5061} be. 6 And all the elders{H2205} of that city,{H5892} who are nearest{H7138} unto the slain{H2491} man, shall wash{H7364} their hands{H3027} over the heifer{H5697} whose neck was broken{H6202} in the valley;{H5158} 7 and they shall answer{H6030} and say,{H559} Our hands{H3027} have not shed{H8210} this blood,{H1818} neither have our eyes{H5869} seen{H7200} it. 8 Forgive,{H3722} O Jehovah,{H3068} thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} whom thou hast redeemed,{H6299} and suffer{H5414} not innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} [to remain] in the midst{H7130} of thy people{H5971} Israel.{H3478} And the blood{H1818} shall be forgiven{H3722} them. 9 So shalt thou put away{H1197} the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} from the midst{H7130} of thee, when thou shalt do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068}
- 2 Sam 11:14-15 : 14 And it came to pass in the morning,{H1242} that David{H1732} wrote{H3789} a letter{H5612} to Joab,{H3097} and sent{H7971} it by the hand{H3027} of Uriah.{H223} 15 And he wrote{H3789} in the letter,{H5612} saying,{H559} Set{H3051} ye Uriah{H223} in the forefront{H6440} of the hottest{H2389} battle,{H4421} and retire{H7725} ye from him,{H310} that he may be smitten,{H5221} and die.{H4191}
- 1 Kgs 20:7 : 7 Then the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} called{H7121} all the elders{H2205} of the land,{H776} and said,{H559} Mark,{H3045} I pray you, and see{H7200} how this man seeketh{H1245} mischief:{H7451} for he sent{H7971} unto me for my wives,{H802} and for my children,{H1121} and for my silver,{H3701} and for my gold;{H2091} and I denied{H4513} him not.
- 1 Kgs 21:1 : 1 And it came to pass after{H310} these things,{H1697} that Naboth{H5022} the Jezreelite{H3158} had a vineyard,{H3754} which was in Jezreel,{H3157} hard by{H681} the palace{H1964} of Ahab{H256} king{H4428} of Samaria.{H8111}
- 2 Kgs 10:1-7 : 1 Now Ahab{H256} had seventy{H7657} sons{H1121} in Samaria.{H8111} And Jehu{H3058} wrote{H3789} letters,{H5612} and sent{H7971} to Samaria,{H8111} unto the rulers{H8269} of Jezreel,{H3157} even the elders,{H2205} and unto them that brought up{H539} [the sons of] Ahab,{H256} saying,{H559} 2 And now as soon as this letter{H5612} cometh{H935} to you, seeing your master's{H113} sons{H1121} are with you, and there are with you chariots{H7393} and horses,{H5483} a fortified{H4013} city{H5892} also, and armor;{H5402} 3 look ye out{H7200} the best{H2896} and meetest{H3477} of your master's{H113} sons,{H1121} and set{H7760} him on his father's{H1} throne,{H3678} and fight{H3898} for your master's{H113} house.{H1004} 4 But they were exceedingly{H3966} afraid,{H3372} and said,{H559} Behold, the two{H8147} kings{H4428} stood{H5975} not before{H6440} him: how then shall we stand?{H5975} 5 And he that was over the household,{H1004} and he that was over the city,{H5892} the elders{H2205} also, and they that brought up{H539} [the children], sent{H7971} to Jehu,{H3058} saying,{H559} We are thy servants,{H5650} and will do{H6213} all that thou shalt bid{H559} us; we will not make any{H376} man king:{H4427} do{H6213} thou that which is good{H2896} in thine eyes.{H5869} 6 Then he wrote{H3789} a letter{H5612} the second time{H8145} to them, saying,{H559} If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken{H8085} unto my voice,{H6963} take{H3947} ye the heads{H7218} of the men{H582} your master's{H113} sons,{H1121} and come{H935} to me to Jezreel{H3157} by to-morrow{H4279} this time.{H6256} Now the king's{H4428} sons,{H1121} being seventy{H7657} persons,{H376} were with the great men{H1419} of the city,{H5892} who brought them up.{H1431} 7 And it came to pass, when the letter{H5612} came{H935} to them, that they took{H3947} the king's{H4428} sons,{H1121} and slew{H7819} them, even seventy{H7657} persons,{H376} and put{H7760} their heads{H7218} in baskets,{H1731} and sent{H7971} them unto him to Jezreel.{H3157}
- 2 Kgs 10:11 : 11 So Jehu{H3058} smote{H5221} all that remained{H7604} of the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256} in Jezreel,{H3157} and all his great men,{H1419} and his familiar{H3045} friends, and his priests,{H3548} until he left{H7604} him none remaining.{H8300}
- 2 Chr 32:17 : 17 He wrote{H3789} also letters,{H5612} to rail{H2778} on Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} and to speak{H559} against him, saying,{H559} As the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of the lands,{H776} which have not delivered{H5337} their people{H5971} out of my hand,{H3027} so shall not the God{H430} of Hezekiah{H3169} deliver{H5337} his people{H5971} out of my hand.{H3027}
- Ezra 4:7-8 : 7 And in the days{H3117} of Artaxerxes{H783} wrote{H3789} Bishlam,{H1312} Mithredath,{H4990} Tabeel,{H2870} and the rest{H7605} of his companions,{H3674} unto Artaxerxes{H783} king{H4428} of Persia;{H6539} and the writing{H3791} of the letter{H5406} was written{H3789} in the Syrian [character],{H762} and set forth{H8638} in the Syrian [tongue].{H762} 8 Rehum{H7348} the chancellor{H1169} and Shimshai{H8124} the scribe{H5613} wrote{H3790} a{H2298} letter{H104} against{H5922} Jerusalem{H3390} to Artaxerxes{H783} the king{H4430} in this sort:{H3660}
- Ezra 4:11 : 11 This{H1836} is the copy{H6573} of the letter{H104} that{H1768} they sent{H7972} unto{H5922} Artaxerxes{H783} the king:{H4430} Thy servants{H5649} the men{H606} beyond{H5675} the River,{H5103} and so forth.{H3706}
- Neh 6:5 : 5 Then sent{H7971} Sanballat{H5571} his servant{H5288} unto me in like manner{H1697} the fifth{H2549} time{H6471} with an open{H6605} letter{H107} in his hand,{H3027}
- Esth 3:12-15 : 12 Then were the king's{H4428} scribes{H5608} called{H7121} in the first{H7223} month,{H2320} on the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} thereof; and there was written{H3789} according to all that Haman{H2001} commanded{H6680} unto the king's{H4428} satraps,{H323} and to the governors{H6346} that were over every province,{H4082} and to the princes{H8269} of every people,{H5971} to every province{H4082} according to the writing{H3791} thereof, and to every people{H5971} after their language;{H3956} in the name{H8034} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} was it written,{H3789} and it was sealed{H2856} with the king's{H4428} ring.{H2885} 13 And letters{H5612} were sent{H7971} by{H3027} posts{H7323} into all the king's{H4428} provinces,{H4082} to destroy,{H8045} to slay, and to cause to perish,{H8045} all Jews,{H3064} both young{H5288} and old,{H2205} little children{H2945} and women,{H802} in one{H259} day,{H3117} even upon the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} of the twelfth{H8147} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Adar,{H143} and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey.{H962} 14 A copy{H6572} of the writing,{H3791} that the decree{H1881} should be given{H5414} out in every province,{H4082} was published{H1540} unto all the peoples,{H5971} that they should be ready{H6264} against that day.{H3117} 15 The posts{H7323} went forth{H3318} in haste{H1765} by the king's{H4428} commandment,{H1697} and the decree{H1881} was given{H5414} out in Shushan{H7800} the palace.{H1002} And the king{H4428} and Haman{H2001} sat down{H3427} to drink;{H8354} but the city{H5892} of Shushan{H7800} was perplexed.{H943}
- Esth 8:8-9 : 8 Write{H3789} ye also to the Jews,{H3064} as it pleaseth{H2896} you,{H5869} in the king's{H4428} name,{H8034} and seal{H2856} it with the king's{H4428} ring;{H2885} for the writing{H3791} which is written{H3789} in the king's{H4428} name,{H8034} and sealed{H2856} with the king's{H4428} ring,{H2885} may no man reverse.{H7725} 9 Then were the king's{H4428} scribes{H5608} called{H7121} at that time,{H6256} in the third{H7992} month{H2320} Sivan,{H5510} on the three{H7969} and twentieth{H6242} [day] thereof; and it was written{H3789} according to all that Mordecai{H4782} commanded{H6680} unto the Jews,{H3064} and to the satraps,{H323} and the governors{H6346} and princes{H8269} of the provinces{H4082} which are from India{H1912} unto Ethiopia,{H3568} a hundred{H3967} twenty{H6242} and seven{H7651} provinces,{H4082} unto every province{H4082} according to the writing{H3791} thereof, and unto every people{H5971} after their language,{H3956} and to the Jews{H3064} according to their writing,{H3791} and according to their language.{H3956} 10 And he wrote{H3789} the name{H8034} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} and sealed{H2856} it with the king's{H4428} ring,{H2885} and sent{H7971} letters{H5612} by{H3027} post{H7323} on horseback,{H5483} riding{H7392} on swift steeds{H7409} that were used in the king's service,{H327} bred{H1121} of the stud:{H7424} 11 wherein the king{H4428} granted{H5414} the Jews{H3064} that were in every city{H5892} to gather themselves together,{H6950} and to stand{H5975} for their life,{H5315} to destroy,{H8045} to slay,{H2026} and to cause to perish,{H6} all the power{H2428} of the people{H5971} and province{H4082} that would assault{H6696} them, [their] little ones{H2945} and women,{H802} and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey,{H962} 12 upon one{H259} day{H3117} in all the provinces{H4082} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} [namely], upon the thirteenth{H7969} [day] of the twelfth{H8147} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Adar.{H143} 13 A copy{H6572} of the writing,{H3791} that the decree{H1881} should be given{H5414} out in every province,{H4082} was published{H1540} unto all the peoples,{H5971} and that the Jews{H3064} should be ready{H6264} against that day{H3117} to avenge{H5358} themselves on their enemies.{H341}