1 Kings 21:14

and they send to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth was stoned, and is dead.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13and two men—sons of worthlessness—come in, and sit opposite him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth blessed [[ or cursed]] God and [the] king”; and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dies;

15And it comes to pass, at Jezebel’s hearing that Naboth has been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel says to Ahab, “Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to you for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.”

Read all of 1 Kings 21

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:14And it comes to pass in the morning that David writes a letter to Joab and sends [it] by the hand of Uriah;

Ecclesiastes 5:8If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness you see in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones [are] over them.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 21:6-17

Naboth Murdered by Jezebel. ( b. c. 899.) 5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? 6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Kings 21:14