1 Kings 21 · Verse 14

1 Kings 21:14

Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
1 Kings 21:14, King James Version

1 Kings 21:14 in other translations

BSBThen they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
WEBThen they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
ASVThen they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
YLTand they send unto Jezebel, saying, ‘Naboth was stoned, and is dead.'
DARBYAnd they sent to Jezebel saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
BBEAnd they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
WebsterThen they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

What does 1 Kings 21:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 21:14-16
14-16. Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession--Naboth's execution having been announced, and his family being involved in the same fatal sentence (2Ki 9:26), his property became forfeited to the crown, not by law, but traditionary usage (see 2Sa 16:4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 21:5-16

When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the form of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be expected. Never were more wicked orders given by any prince, than those Jezebel sent to the rulers of Jezreel. Naboth must be murdered under colour of religion. There is no wickedness so vile, so horrid, but religion has sometimes been made a cover for it. Also, it must be done…

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1 Kings 21:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֖וּvai.yish.le.Chuand they sentH7971
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אִיזֶ֣בֶל'i.Ze.velJezebelH348
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
סֻקַּ֥לsu.Kalhe has been stonedH5619
נָב֖וֹתna.VotNabothH5022
וַיָּמֹֽת\׃vai.ya.Motand he has diedH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 21:14

  • Ecclesiastes 5:8

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

  • 2 Samuel 11:14-24

    And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. …

  • Ecclesiastes 8:14

    There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Naboth is stoned.
2Sa 11:14-24; Ec 5:8; 8:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 21:13

    And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

  • 1 Kings 21:14

    Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

  • 1 Kings 21:15

    And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

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1 Kings 21:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después enviaron á decir á Jezabel: Naboth ha sido apedreado y muerto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils envoyèrent à Jézabel, disant: Naboth a été lapidé, et il est mort.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie sandten zu Isebel und ließen ihr sagen: Naboth ist gesteinigt worden und ist gestorben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Miseruntque ad Jezabel, dicentes: Lapidatus est Naboth, et mortuus est.