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.
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.
- BSB So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Acts 5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- Matt 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- 2 Chr 24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
- Dan 3:18–25But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
- Hos 5:11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
- 2 Kgs 10:6–7Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
- Matt 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
- 1 Sam 23:20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.
- Prov 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
- Mic 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
- Prov 29:12If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
- Lev 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- 1 Sam 22:17And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
- Exod 1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
- Exod 1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
- Exod 23:1–2Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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