King James Version
1 Kings 21:9 in the King James Version says “And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: on high: Heb. in the top...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: on high: Heb. in the top of the people”
1 Kings 21:9 · KJV
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: on high: Heb. in the top of the people
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And she wrote”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
“in the letters”
H5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
“Proclaim”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“and set”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“on high”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“among the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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