1 Kings 21:8

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So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, [and] who lived with Naboth.

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Jezreel was a royal city in the fertile Jezreel Valley, where Naboth’s vineyard lay beside Ahab’s palace and where Jezebel’s plot was carried out. Samaria, Ahab’s capital in Israel’s hill country, was the administrative center from which Jezebel sent letters under the king’s authority.

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1 Kings 21:8 mentions Jezreel and Samaria.