Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead.""They" refers to the leaders of Naboth's town. When Jezebel conspired to kill Naboth, she didn't just hire a couple guys to lie about him. She contacted the "city council," and told them to arrange everything. They called for the feast. They found the men to lie. They saw to it he was stoned.
Jezebel wasn't the only one responsible for Naboth's murder. The town leadership had to be just as corrupt to do all this. If he had been guilty of some crime, she could have just told them so, and they would have seen to the rest. But in going about it this way, they definitely knew this was underhanded. They were willing to go along with it all. This speaks to the importance of paying attention to who your local leaders are, as well as higher levels. This is something I'm guilty of not being very attentive to.
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