1 Kings 20:8

And she wrote a + 20:8 Gr. book. letter in the name of Achaab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the + 20:8 Possibly nobles is here meant. freemen who lived with Nabuthai.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

In Context

7And Jezabel his wife said to him, Do you now thus act the king over Israel? arise, and eat bread, and be + 20:7 Or, like yourself. your own master, and I will give you the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite.

9And + 20:9 Gr. had been written. it was written in the letters, saying, Keep a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:2-12

Ben-hadad's Insolent Demand. ( b. c. 900.) 1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy… Read the whole commentary →

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