1st Kings Chapter 21 verse 11 Holy Bible

ASV 1stKings 21:11

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
read chapter 21 in ASV

BBE 1stKings 21:11

So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.
read chapter 21 in BBE

DARBY 1stKings 21:11

And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
read chapter 21 in DARBY

KJV 1stKings 21:11

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.
read chapter 21 in KJV

WBT 1stKings 21:11

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
read chapter 21 in WBT

WEB 1stKings 21:11

The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
read chapter 21 in WEB

YLT 1stKings 21:11

And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them,
read chapter 21 in YLT

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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 [Their ready compliance shows not merely the "deep moral degradation of the Israelites" at that period, but also the terror which the name of Jezebel inspired], and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. [That she did not hesitate to put her infamous command into writing shows the character of the woman.]

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) And the men of his city . . . did.--The pains taken in the invention of this foul plot, and the ready acquiescence of the rulers of the city in carrying it out, are characteristic of the baser forms of organised Eastern despotism--not venturing to take life by simple violence without some cause apparently shown, and yet always able to poison the springs of justice, and do murder under form of law. In Israel, where the king was held to be but a vicegerent of God, subject, in theory, under the old constitution or "manner of the kingdom" (1Samuel 10:25), to the supreme law, the need of clothing crime with legal form would be especially felt.