^{8 Ref} So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, [and] who lived with Naboth.

^{9 Ref} She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

^{10 Ref} and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and stone him to death.

^{11 Ref} 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.

^{12 Ref} They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

^{13 Ref} The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

^{14 Ref} Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.