1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
Note d'étude
Study Note
The judicial murder of Naboth — two 'sons of Belial' falsely testifying that he blasphemed God and the king, resulting in his stoning — is the culminating act of Jezebel's ruthless jurisprudence and Ahab's compliant covetousness. The narrative deliberately echoes the Deuteronomic requirement of two witnesses for capital cases (Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15) to show that the letter of the law was deployed in the service of its complete violation. Elijah's subsequent confrontation (verses 17-24) and the oracle of divine retribution frame the episode as the paradigmatic case of prophetic advocacy for the dispossessed against royal power. Jesus's trial before false witnesses (Matthew 26:59-62) deliberately echoes the Naboth-pattern — the just one condemned by coordinated false testimony — making the Passion a recapitulation of Israel's worst judicial injustice.
Autres traductions
And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare 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.
and two men--sons of worthlessness--come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;
And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
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