1 Reyes 21:9

9 En esas cartas daba la siguiente orden: «Convoquen a todos los ciudadanos a que se reúnan para hacer ayuno y oración y denle a Nabot un lugar de honor.

1 Reyes 21:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:9

And she wrote in the letters, saying, proclaim a fast
Pretending fears of some dreadful calamity coming upon the nation, and therefore fasting and humiliation were necessary to avert it, and it would be right to inquire what crimes were committed by men among them, and punish them for them; and intimated to them that Naboth should be chosen as the great offender, and be accused, condemned, and put to death, R. Joseph Kimchi ^F1 thinks the phrase signifies "call an assembly or congregation"; convene a court of judicature, from the use of the word in the Talmudic language ^F2; and so it is thought it is used in ( Jeremiah 36:6 ) and indeed it can hardly be thought that Jezebel should have much notion of fasting; and besides, if it was a public fast, why should it be proclaimed only in Jezreel, and not throughout the kingdom?

and set Naboth on high among the people;
the court being set, bring him to the bar and arraign him; perhaps in their courts of judicature there was a high place above the heads of the people, where criminals accused used to stand when they took their trials, that they might be seen and heard by all in court.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Apud David. Kimchium in loc.
F2 Vid. Buxtorf. Talmud. Lexic. in rad (tou)

1 Reyes 21:9 In-Context

7 —¿Acaso no eres tú el rey de Israel? —preguntó Jezabel—. Levántate y come algo, no te preocupes por eso. ¡Yo te conseguiré el viñedo de Nabot!

8 Entonces ella escribió cartas en nombre de Acab, las selló con el sello del rey y las envió a los ancianos y a los demás líderes de la ciudad donde vivía Nabot.

9 En esas cartas daba la siguiente orden: «Convoquen a todos los ciudadanos a que se reúnan para hacer ayuno y oración y denle a Nabot un lugar de honor.

10 Luego, sienten a dos sinvergüenzas frente a él que lo acusen de maldecir a Dios y al rey. Después sáquenlo y mátenlo a pedradas».

11 Así que los ancianos y los demás líderes de la ciudad siguieron las instrucciones que Jezabel había escrito en las cartas.