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12 They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.

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What good is fasting
    when you keep on fighting and quarreling?
This kind of fasting
    will never get you anywhere with me.

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So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived. In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor. 10 And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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