KJV King James Version
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And [then] carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 21:10
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And [then] carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
WEB World English Bible
Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
ASV American Standard Version
and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and cause two men—sons of worthlessness—to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 21
7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, [and] eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed [them] with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that [were] in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And [then] carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
11 And the men of his city, [even] the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, [and] as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
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.
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וְ֠הוֹשִׁיבוּH3427 · ya.shavto dwellשְׁנַ֨יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoאֲנָשִׁ֥יםH582 · e.noshhumanבְּנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childבְלִיַּעַל֮H1100 · be.liy.ya.alBelialנֶגְדּוֹ֒H5048 · ne.gedbeforeוִיעִדֻ֣הוּH5749 · udto upholdלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayבֵּרַ֥כְתָּH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוָמֶ֑לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְהוֹצִיאֻ֥הוּH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeוְסִקְלֻ֖הוּH5619 · sa.qalto stoneוְיָמֹֽת׃H4191 · mutto die
Cross-references
Exodus 22:28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.Acts 6:11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.Leviticus 24:15-16And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.Deuteronomy 19:15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.Deuteronomy 13:13[Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;Judges 19:22[Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, [and] beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.Matthew 26:59-66Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;Acts 6:13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:John 10:33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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