So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
Parallel translations
- WEB The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them.
- KJV And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
- NKJV So the men of his city, the elders and nobles who were inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
- NASB So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent them.
- NLT So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters.
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The elders and nobles of Naboth's city carry out Jezebel's instructions exactly. The leaders' complicity spreads the guilt of injustice.
Overview
The civic and religious leaders of Jezreel obey Jezebel's letters without protest, becoming accomplices in the framing of an innocent man. Their cowardly compliance shows how fear of power can corrupt those charged with upholding justice. The shared guilt of these leaders illustrates how widely sin spreads when the godly fail to resist tyranny.
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Cross-references · 17
- Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Matt 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- 2 Chr 24:21But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
- Dan 3:18–25But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Hos 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- 2 Kgs 10:6–7Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
- Matt 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
- 1 Sam 23:20Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
- Prov 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
- Mic 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
- Prov 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Lev 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- 1 Sam 22:17Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
- Exod 1:21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
- Exod 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- Exod 23:1–2“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
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