⁸ So she wrote letters^(A) in Ahab’s name, placed his seal^(B) on them, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city with him. ⁹ In those letters she wrote:

³ But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance^(A) of my ancestors.”

³² He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.