1 Kings 21:14

14 Then the leaders sent a message to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been killed."

1 Kings 21:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:14

Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is
dead.
] Not only stoned, but stoned to death. This message was sent to her from the magistrates of Jezreel; for though the letters came in Ahab's name, they might be privately informed that this was a scheme of Jezebel's; besides, they knew she had the sway at court, and especially that the news of this man's death would be acceptable to her, and the more if he was of the 7000 that would not bow the knee to Baal.

1 Kings 21:14 In-Context

12 They declared a special day on which the people were to give up eating. And they put Naboth in a place of honor before the people.

13 Two troublemakers sat across from Naboth and said in front of everybody that they had heard him speak against God and the king. So the people carried Naboth out of the city and killed him with stones.

14 Then the leaders sent a message to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been killed."

15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been killed, she told Ahab, "Naboth of Jezreel is dead. Now you may go and take for yourself the vineyard he would not sell to you."

16 When Ahab heard that Naboth of Jezreel was dead, he got up and went to the vineyard to take it for his own.