So she wrote [03789] letters [05612] in Ahab's [0256] name [08034], and sealed [02856] them with his seal [02368], and sent [07971] the letters [05612] unto the elders [02205] and to the nobles [02715] that were in his city [05892], dwelling [03427] with Naboth [05022].
And the men [0582] of his city [05892], even the elders [02205] and the nobles [02715] who were the inhabitants [03427] in his city [05892], did [06213] as Jezebel [0348] had sent [07971] unto them, and as it was written [03789] in the letters [05612] which she had sent [07971] unto them.
And the rulers [05461] knew [03045] not whither I went [01980], or what I did [06213]; neither had I as yet [03651] told [05046] it to the Jews [03064], nor to the priests [03548], nor to the nobles [02715], nor to the rulers [05461], nor to the rest [03499] that did [06213] the work [04399].
And I looked [07200], and rose up [06965], and said [0559] unto the nobles [02715], and to the rulers [05461], and to the rest [03499] of the people [05971], Be not ye afraid [03372] of them [06440]: remember [02142] the Lord [0136], which is great [01419] and terrible [03372], and fight [03898] for your brethren [0251], your sons [01121], and your daughters [01323], your wives [0802], and your houses [01004].
And I said [0559] unto the nobles [02715], and to the rulers [05461], and to the rest [03499] of the people [05971], The work [04399] is great [07235] and large [07342], and we are separated [06504] upon the wall [02346], one [0376] far from [07350] another [0251].
Then I consulted [04427] with myself [03820], and I rebuked [07378] the nobles [02715], and the rulers [05461], and said [0559] unto them, Ye exact [05375] [05383] [05378] usury [04855], every one [0376] of his brother [0251]. And I set [05414] a great [01419] assembly [06952] against them.I consulted…: Heb. my heart consulted in me
Moreover in those days [03117] the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063] sent [01980] many [07235] letters [0107] unto Tobiah [02900], and the letters of Tobiah [02900] came [0935] unto them.sent…: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah
And my God [0430] put [05414] into mine heart [03820] to gather together [06908] the nobles [02715], and the rulers [05461], and the people [05971], that they might be reckoned by genealogy [03187]. And I found [04672] a register [05612] of the genealogy [03188] of them which came up [05927] at the first [07223], and found [04672] written [03789] therein,
Then I contended [07378] with the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063], and said [0559] unto them, What evil [07451] thing [01697] is this that ye do [06213], and profane [02490] the sabbath [07676] day [03117]?
Blessed [0835] art thou, O land [0776], when thy king [04428] is the son [01121] of nobles [02715], and thy princes [08269] eat [0398] in due season [06256], for strength [01369], and not for drunkenness [08358]!
They shall call [07121] the nobles [02715] thereof to the kingdom [04410], but none shall be there, and all her princes [08269] shall be nothing [0657].
Which Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] took [03947] not, when he carried away captive [01540] Jeconiah [03204] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] from Jerusalem [03389] to Babylon [0894], and all the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389];
Then the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] slew [07819] the sons [01121] of Zedekiah [06667] in Riblah [07247] before his eyes [05869]: also the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] slew [07819] all the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063].