¹⁸ He said, “What pledge should I give you?”

“Your seal^(A) and its cord, and the staff^(B) in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.^(C)

⁸ So she wrote letters^(A) in Ahab’s name, placed his seal^(B) on them, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city with him.

²³ “‘On that day,^(A)’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant^(B) Zerubbabel^(C) son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring,^(D) for I have chosen you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”