King James Version
1 Kings 21:14 in the King James Version says “Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.”
1 Kings 21:14 · KJV
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
And 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.
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then they sent”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“is stoned”
H5619properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
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