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1 Kings 21

1 Kings 21:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And there came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
in two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
, children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Belial
bliya`al (Hebrew #1100)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness (often in connection with 376, 802, 1121, etc.)
KJV usage: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Pronounce: bel-e-yah'-al
Origin: from 1097 and 3276
, and sat
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
before him: and the men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of Belial
bliya`al (Hebrew #1100)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness (often in connection with 376, 802, 1121, etc.)
KJV usage: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Pronounce: bel-e-yah'-al
Origin: from 1097 and 3276
witnessed
`uwd (Hebrew #5749)
to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
KJV usage: admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.
Pronounce: ood
Origin: a primitive root
n against him, even against Naboth
Nabowth (Hebrew #5022)
fruits; Naboth, an Israelite
KJV usage: Naboth.
Pronounce: naw-both'
Origin: feminine plural from the same as 5011
, in the presence of the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Naboth
Nabowth (Hebrew #5022)
fruits; Naboth, an Israelite
KJV usage: Naboth.
Pronounce: naw-both'
Origin: feminine plural from the same as 5011
did blaspheme
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
and the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
. Theno they carried him forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
out
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
of the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, and stoned
caqal (Hebrew #5619)
properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
KJV usage: (cast, gather out, throw) stone(-s), X surely.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
him with stones
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
, that he died
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Ex. 20:16• 16{i}Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.{/i} (Ex. 20:16)
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Psa. 27:12• 12Give me not unto the will of mine adversaries,{HR}For witnesses of falsehood have risen up against me{HR}And he that breatheth out violence. (Psa. 27:12)
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Prov. 25:18• 18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour{HR}[Is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. (Prov. 25:18)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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2 Kings 9:26• 26{i}Certainly I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plot, saith Jehovah. And now, take and cast him into the plot, according to the word of Jehovah.{/i} (2 Kings 9:26)
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Eccl. 4:1• 1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions{HR}That are done under the sun:{HR}And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed,{HR}And they had no comforter;{HR}And on the side of their oppressors there was power,{HR}But they had no comforter. (Eccl. 4:1)
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Acts 7:57‑59• 57But they crying with a loud voice held their ears and rushed upon him with one accord,
 58and cast out of the city and stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul,
 59and stoned Stephen, invoking and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. (Acts 7:57‑59)

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the men of Belial.
Ex. 20:16• 16{i}Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.{/i} (Ex. 20:16)
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Deut. 5:20• 20{i}Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.{/i} (Deut. 5:20)
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Deut. 19:16‑21• 16{i}If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;{/i}
 17{i}then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;{/i}
 18{i}and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,{/i}
 19{i}then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.{/i}
 20{i}And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst.{/i}
 21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. (Deut. 19:16‑21)
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Psa. 27:12• 12Give me not unto the will of mine adversaries,{HR}For witnesses of falsehood have risen up against me{HR}And he that breatheth out violence. (Psa. 27:12)
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Psa. 35:11• 11False witnesses rise up; they ask me that which I have not known. (Psa. 35:11)
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Prov. 6:19• 19A false witness breathing out lies,{HR}And he that sendeth out discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:19)
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Prov. 19:5,9• 5A false witness shall not be unpunished,{HR}And an utterer of lies shall not escape.
 9A false witness shall not be held innocent,{HR}And one uttering lies shall perish. (Prov. 19:5,9)
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Prov. 25:18• 18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour{HR}[Is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. (Prov. 25:18)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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Mark 14:56‑59• 56{i}For many bore false witness against him, and their testimony did not agree.{/i}
 57{i}And certain persons rose up and bore false witness against him, saying,{/i}
 58{i}We heard him saying, I will destroy this temple which is made with hands, and in the course of three days I will build another not made with hands.{/i}
 59{i}And neither thus did their testimony agree.{/i} (Mark 14:56‑59)
blaspheme God.
Job 1:5,11• 5And it was [so], when the days of their feasting had gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, Perhaps my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
 11but put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath — will he not curse thee to thy face. (Job 1:5,11)
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Job 2:9• 9And his wife said unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. (Job 2:9)
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Matt. 9:3• 3{i}And behold, certain of the scribes said to themselves, This [man] blasphemes.{/i} (Matt. 9:3)
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Acts 6:11• 11Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God. (Acts 6:11)
the king.
Eccl. 10:20• 20Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought;{HR}And curse not the rich in thy bedchamber;{HR}For a bird of the air shall carry the voice,{HR}And that which hath wings shall tell the matter. (Eccl. 10:20)
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Isa. 8:21• 21And they shall pass through it, hardly distressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and turn their faces upward: (Isa. 8:21)
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Amos 7:10• 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. (Amos 7:10)
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Luke 23:2• 2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this [man] perverting our nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king. (Luke 23:2)
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John 19:12• 12From this [time] Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews kept crying, saying, If thou wilt release this [man], thou art not a friend of Caesar: every one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. (John 19:12)
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Acts 24:5• 5For we found this man a pest, and moving insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, (Acts 24:5)
they carried him.
Lev. 24:11‑16• 11And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses (and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan).
 12And they placed him in ward, that they might decide at the mouth of Jehovah.
 13And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
 14Lead the blasphemer outside the camp; and all that heard shall lay their hands upon his head, and the whole assembly shall stone him.
 15And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, Every one when he curseth his God shall bear his sin.
 16And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah shall certainly be put to death: all the assembly shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger as the homeborn, when he blasphemeth the Name, shall be put to death. (Lev. 24:11‑16)
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Num. 15:35‑36• 35And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
 36{i}And the whole assembly led him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as Jehovah had commanded Moses{/i}. (Num. 15:35‑36)
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Deut. 13:10• 10{i}and thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; for he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;{/i} (Deut. 13:10)
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Deut. 21:21• 21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. (Deut. 21:21)
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Deut. 22:21,24• 21{i}then they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father's house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.{/i}
 24{i}then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.{/i} (Deut. 22:21,24)
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Josh. 7:24‑25• 24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
 25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. (Josh. 7:24‑25)
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2 Kings 9:26• 26{i}Certainly I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plot, saith Jehovah. And now, take and cast him into the plot, according to the word of Jehovah.{/i} (2 Kings 9:26)
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Eccl. 4:1• 1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions{HR}That are done under the sun:{HR}And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed,{HR}And they had no comforter;{HR}And on the side of their oppressors there was power,{HR}But they had no comforter. (Eccl. 4:1)
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Acts 7:57‑59• 57But they crying with a loud voice held their ears and rushed upon him with one accord,
 58and cast out of the city and stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul,
 59and stoned Stephen, invoking and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. (Acts 7:57‑59)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

W. Kelly Translation

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And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)