1 Kings 21:10

And seat two men, bnei beliyaal, opposite him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst upon Elohim and Melech make a + 21:10 blasphemous brocha! And then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

In Context

9And she wrote in the sefarim, saying, Proclaim a tzom, and set Navot on high among the people;

11And the anashim of his city, even the zekenim and the chorim (nobles) who were the inhabitants in his city, did just as Izevel had sent unto them, and just as it was written in the sefarim which she had sent unto them.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:28Thou shalt not delay to offer thy fullness offering + 22:28 i.e., bikkurim or thy kohenʼs heave offering; + 22:28 i.e. terumah the bechor of thy banim shalt thou present unto Me.

Leviticus 24:15And thou shalt speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, Whosoever curseth Elohav shall bear his chet.

Deuteronomy 13:13If thou shalt hear say in one of thy towns, which Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Judges 19:22Now as they were making their hearts content, hinei, the anshei haIr, anshei bnei Beliya'al, surrounded the bais, and pounded incessantly on the delet, and shouted to the ish, the Ba'al HaBayit, the zaken, saying, Bring out the ish that came into thine bais, that we may know him. + 19:22 a thin line drawn between homosexual rape and murder

Isaiah 59:14And mishpat (justice) is turned back, 1 and tzedakah (righteousness) standeth afar off; 1 for emes (truth) is fallen in the rechov (street), 1 and nacho'ach (honesty) cannot enter. 1

John 10:33In reply, those of Yehudah said to him, For a ma'aseh tov we do not stone you, but for Chillul Hashem and because you, being a man, make yourself G-d. + 10:33 Lv 24:16

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 →

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