1 Kings 21:12

12 They called a fast, and they seated Naboth at the head of the people.

1 Kings 21:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:12

They proclaimed a fast
Or called a court, (See Gill on 1 Kings 21:9).

and set Naboth on high among the people;
placed him at the bar as a criminal, (See Gill on 1 Kings 21:9), though Josephus ^F3 thinks he was set on an high place in the court, because he was of an illustrious birth.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 13. sect. 8.

1 Kings 21:12 In-Context

10 Seat two men, {scoundrels}, opposite him. Let them witness against him saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then you shall bring him out and stone him so that he dies."

11 The men of his city and the elders and nobles who were living in his city did according to what Jezebel had sent to them, as [was] written in the letters which she had sent to them.

12 They called a fast, and they seated Naboth at the head of the people.

13 Then the two men, {scoundrels}, came, sat opposite him, and the {scoundrels} witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king," so they brought him outside of the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.

14 They sent to Jezebel saying, "Naboth has been stoned, and he is dead."