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1 Kings 21:12

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They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

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9She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
10Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
11The 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.
12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
13The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth), in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned, and is dead.”
15When Jezebel) heard that Naboth))) had been stoned, and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”

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