1 Kings 21:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Isa 58:4 : 4 Behold, you fast for strife and debate and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice heard on high.
  • 1 Kgs 21:8-9 : 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die.

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  • 1 Kgs 21:6-11
    6 verses
    92%

    6And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it; and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.

    7And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

    8So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

    9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

    10And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die.

    11And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them.

  • 1 Kgs 21:13-19
    7 verses
    82%

    13And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.

    14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

    15And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

    16And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

    17And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to possess it.

    19And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.

  • 1 Kgs 21:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1And it happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

    2And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.

    3And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

    4And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

  • 2 Kgs 9:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD uttered this oracle against him;

    26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says the LORD; and I will pay you back in this plot, says the LORD. Now, therefore, take and throw him into the plot of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 10:20-22
    3 verses
    69%

    20And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

    21And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

    22And he said to him that was over the wardrobe, Bring out garments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought out garments for them.

  • 1 Kgs 21:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

    28And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 21:23-25
    3 verses
    68%

    23And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

    24The one who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and the one who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat.

    25But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

  • 2 Chr 24:21
    68%

    21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 9:21
    67%

    21And Joram said, Prepare. And his chariot was prepared. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the plot of land of Naboth the Jezreelite.

  • 2 Chr 23:20
    67%

    20And he took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

  • 2 Kgs 9:36
    67%

    36Therefore they came back and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the plot of Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel:

  • 1 Kgs 18:26
    67%

    26And they took the bull which was given them, and prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

  • 1 Kgs 19:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

    2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

  • 1 Kgs 18:20
    66%

    20So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.

  • Lam 5:12
    66%

    12Princes were hung up by their hands; the faces of elders were not honored.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
    66%

    15So they laid hands on her; and when she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

  • Matt 21:39
    66%

    39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:23
    66%

    23Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

  • Jer 29:22
    66%

    22And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;'

  • Acts 6:12
    66%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • 2 Kgs 10:9
    66%

    9And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him: but who killed all these?

  • Joel 1:14
    66%

    14Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

  • 2 Kgs 9:10
    66%

    10And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.

  • Jonah 3:5
    66%

    5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

  • Jer 26:17
    65%

    17Then certain of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

  • Acts 12:21
    65%

    21And on a set day Herod, dressed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave a speech to them.

  • Matt 21:35
    65%

    35And the vine dressers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

  • Neh 9:1
    65%

    1On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the children of Israel gathered with fasting and wearing sackcloth, and with earth upon them.

  • 2 Kgs 9:13
    65%

    13Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.