14 Then they sent word to Jezebel: "Naboth has been stoned to death."
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned; he is dead."
14 When Jezebel got word that Naboth had been stoned to death, she told Ahab, "Go for it, Ahab - take the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for your own, the vineyard he refused to sell you. Naboth is no more; Naboth is dead."
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."
14 The town leaders then sent word to Jezebel, "Naboth has been stoned to death."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 21:14
Commentary on 1 Kings 21:5-16
(Read 1 Kings 21:5-16)
When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the form of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be expected. Never were more wicked orders given by any prince, than those Jezebel sent to the rulers of Jezreel. Naboth must be murdered under colour of religion. There is no wickedness so vile, so horrid, but religion has sometimes been made a cover for it. Also, it must be done under colour of justice, and with the formalities of legal process. Let us, from this sad story, be amazed at the wickedness of the wicked, and the power of Satan in the children of disobedience. Let us commit the keeping of our lives and comforts to God, for innocence will not always be our security; and let us rejoice in the knowledge that all will be set to rights in the great day.