Queen Izebel, in the name of King Ahab, sends letters to the elders and most considerable in Nabotss city. She asks them to declare a day of fasting, to accuse Nabot of blasphemy and desecration of majesty, and to have him stoned to death. Scribes sit at the table and write the letters. Izebel puts the royal seal under the letters. Izebel has letters sent to the elders and most considerable History of Ahab and Nabot , print maker: Philips Galle, Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hieronymus Cock, (mentioned on object), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Antwerp, c. 1561

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