8 Accordingly she wrote letters+ in Aʹhab’s name and sealed them with his seal,+ and sent the letters to the older men+ and the nobles that were in his city dwelling with Naʹboth.

17 Even letters he wrote+ to reproach Jehovah the God of Israel+ and to talk against him, saying: “Like the gods+ of the nations of the lands who did not deliver their people out of my hand,+ so the God of Hez·e·kiʹah will not deliver his people out of my hand.”

5 Finally San·balʹlat+ sent his attendant to me with the same word a fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.