1 Kings 21:12
Good News Translation
They proclaimed a day of fasting, called the people together, and gave Naboth the place of honor.

New Revised Standard Version
they proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the assembly.

Contemporary English Version
They told the people that it was a day to go without eating, and when they all came together, they seated Naboth at the front.

New American Bible
They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.

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They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.

1 Kings 21:8-10 So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. . . .

Isaiah 58:4 Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.

Context
Jezebel's Plot
11And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them; 12They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.13And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people: saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Wherefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death.…
Cross References
1 Kings 21:11
And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them;

Isaiah 58:4
Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.

1 Kings 21:11
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