1 Kings 21:11

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Summary

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.

Did as jezebel

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Bible References

Did as jezebel

But the midwives feared God, and they did not do as the king of Egypt had said to them. They let the boys live.

" 'You will not {spread} a false report. Do not lift your hand with [the] wicked to be a malicious witness.

" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.

So the king said to the runners [who were] stationed around him, "Turn and kill the priests of Yahweh, because {they also support David} and because they knew that he was fleeing and {did not disclose it to me}." But the servants of the king [were] not willing to raise their hand to attack the priests of Yahweh.

So then, O king, {whenever you want} to come down, come down, and [it will be] for us to deliver him into the hand of the king."

Then he wrote to them a second letter, saying, "If you [are] for me, and you [are] listening to my voice, take the heads of the men of the sons of your master and come to me at [this] time tomorrow at Jezreel." Now the sons of the king, seventy men, [were] with the leaders of the city who were raising them.

Then they conspired against him and stoned him [with] stones at the command of the king in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh.

A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.

And if not, let it be known to you, O king, that {we will not serve your gods}, and the statue of gold that you have set up we will not worship."

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed [in] judgment, because he was determined to go after filth.

For you have observed the regulations of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab. And you have walked in their counsels, so that I am making you a desolation and your inhabitants an object of scorn. So you will bear the scorn of my people.

And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their [own] country by another route.

But Peter and John answered [and] said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God, you decide!

But Peter and the apostles answered [and] said, "It is necessary to obey God rather than men!

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Then she spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew slave that you brought to us came to me to make fun of me.

"You shall not testify against your neighbor [with] a false witness.

A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.

You have heard the blasphemy! What {do you think}?" And they all condemned him {as deserving death}.