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1 Kings 21:14

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

KJV

Miseruntque ad Jezabel, dicentes : Lapidatus est Naboth, et mortuus est.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἀχαάβ Ἐν τίνι; καὶ εἶπεν Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ἐν τοῖς παιδαρίοις τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν χορῶν. καὶ εἶπεν Ἀχαάβ Τίς συνάψει τὸν πόλεμον; καὶ εἶπεν Σύ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַֽ/יִּשְׁלְח֖וּ אֶל אִיזֶ֣בֶל לֵ/אמֹ֑ר סֻקַּ֥ל נָב֖וֹת וַ/יָּמֹֽת

Hebrew

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People Jezebel

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִיזֶ֔בֶל
'yzbl
proper_noun · 22×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
הוּ
hv
verb · 22×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נָב֖וֹת
nbvt
proper_noun · 22×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…