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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 21:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 21:8 |
Strong Concordance |
So she wrote [03789] letters [05612] in Ahab's [0256] name [08034], and sealed [02856] them with his seal [02368], and sent [07971] the letters [05612] unto the elders [02205] and to the nobles [02715] that were in his city [05892], dwelling [03427] with Naboth [05022]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal--The seal-ring contained the name of the king and gave validity to the documents to which it was affixed (Est 8:8; Dan 6:17). By allowing her the use of his signet-ring, Ahab passively consented to Jezebel's proceeding. Being written in the king's name, it had the character of a royal mandate.
sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city--They were the civic authorities of Jezreel, and would, in all likelihood, be the creatures and fit tools of Jezebel. It is evident that, though Ahab had recently been in Jezreel, when he made the offer to Naboth, both he and Jezebel were now in Samaria (Kg1 20:43). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Seal - The seal is a very ancient invention. Judah's signet and Pharaoh's signet-ring are mentioned in Genesis Gen 38:18; Gen 41:42. Signets of Egyptian kings have been found which are referred to about 2000 B.C. Sennacherib's signet, and an impression of Sargon's, are still extant. There can be no doubt that in the East, from a very remote antiquity, kings had seals and appended them to all documents which they set forth under their authority. (Compare also Est 3:12; Est 8:8; Dan 6:17). The Hebrew mode of sealing seems to have been by attaching a lump of clay to the document, and impressing the seal thereupon Job 38:14.
His city - i. e., Jezreel Kg1 21:1. The mode in which it is spoken of here, and in Kg1 21:11, seems to imply that it was not the city from which Jezebel wrote. The court was evidently at this time residing at Samaria Kg1 20:43; and Ahab may either have met Naboth there, or have gone down (compare Kg1 21:16) to Jezreel to make his request, and then, on being refused, have returned to Samaria. The distance is not more than seven miles. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| She wrote letters in Ahab's name - She counterfeited his authority by his own consent; and he lent his signet to stamp that authority. |
43 And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] went [03212] to his house [01004] heavy [05620] and displeased [02198], and came [0935] to Samaria [08111].
17 And a [02298] stone [069] was brought [0858], and laid [07761] upon [05922] the mouth [06433] of the den [01358]; and the king [04430] sealed [02857] it with his own signet [05824], and with the signet [05824] of his lords [07261]; that the purpose [06640] might not [03809] be changed [08133] concerning Daniel [01841].
8 Write [03789] ye also for the Jews [03064], as it liketh [02896] you [05869], in the king's [04428] name [08034], and seal [02856] it with the king's [04428] ring [02885]: for the writing [03791] which is written [03789] in the king's [04428] name [08034], and sealed [02856] with the king's [04428] ring [02885], may no man reverse [07725].
16 And it came to pass, when Ahab [0256] heard [08085] that Naboth [05022] was dead [04191], that Ahab [0256] rose up [06965] to go down [03381] to the vineyard [03754] of Naboth [05022] the Jezreelite [03158], to take possession [03423] of it.
43 And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] went [03212] to his house [01004] heavy [05620] and displeased [02198], and came [0935] to Samaria [08111].
11 And the men [0582] of his city [05892], even the elders [02205] and the nobles [02715] who were the inhabitants [03427] in his city [05892], did [06213] as Jezebel [0348] had sent [07971] unto them, and as it was written [03789] in the letters [05612] which she had sent [07971] unto them.
1 And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that Naboth [05022] the Jezreelite [03158] had a vineyard [03754], which was in Jezreel [03157], hard by [0681] the palace [01964] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Samaria [08111].
14 It is turned [02015] as clay [02563] to the seal [02368]; and they stand [03320] as a garment [03830].
17 And a [02298] stone [069] was brought [0858], and laid [07761] upon [05922] the mouth [06433] of the den [01358]; and the king [04430] sealed [02857] it with his own signet [05824], and with the signet [05824] of his lords [07261]; that the purpose [06640] might not [03809] be changed [08133] concerning Daniel [01841].
8 Write [03789] ye also for the Jews [03064], as it liketh [02896] you [05869], in the king's [04428] name [08034], and seal [02856] it with the king's [04428] ring [02885]: for the writing [03791] which is written [03789] in the king's [04428] name [08034], and sealed [02856] with the king's [04428] ring [02885], may no man reverse [07725].
12 Then were the king's [04428] scribes [05608] called [07121] on the thirteenth [07969] [06240] day [03117] of the first [07223] month [02320], and there was written [03789] according to all that Haman [02001] had commanded [06680] unto the king's [04428] lieutenants [0323], and to the governors [06346] that were over every province [04082], and to the rulers [08269] of every people [05971] of every province [04082] according to the writing [03791] thereof, and to every people [05971] after their language [03956]; in the name [08034] of king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] was it written [03789], and sealed [02856] with the king's [04428] ring [02885].
42 And Pharaoh [06547] took off [05493] his ring [02885] from his hand [03027], and put [05414] it upon Joseph's [03130] hand [03027], and arrayed [03847] him in vestures [0899] of fine linen [08336], and put [07760] a gold [02091] chain [07242] about his neck [06677];
18 And he said [0559], What [0834] pledge [06162] shall I give [05414] thee? And she said [0559], Thy signet [02368], and thy bracelets [06616], and thy staff [04294] that is in thine hand [03027]. And he gave [05414] it her, and came in [0935] unto her, and she conceived [02029] by him.