1 Kings 21:14
What does 1 Kings 21:14 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 21:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they send unto Jezebel, saying, `Naboth was stoned, and is dead.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they sent to Jezabel, saying: Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they sent to Jezebel saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
Context
v.13And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
v.14This passage
v.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 thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
- 2 Samuel 11:14
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
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