1 Kings 21:12

12 they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among 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 and set two base fellows opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out, and stone him to death."

11 And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jez'ebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters which she had sent to them,

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

13 And the two base fellows came in and sat opposite him; and the base fellows brought a charge against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

14 Then they sent to Jez'ebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned; he is dead."