1 Kings 21:4
Then Ahab went into his house, angry and gnashing his teeth over the word that Naboth, the Jezreelite, had spoken to him, saying, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And casting himself on his bed, he turned away his face to the wall, and he would not eat bread.
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Numbers 22:13And he, rising up in the morning, said to the leaders, “Go into your own land, for the Lord has prohibited me from going with you.”
2 Samuel 13:4And he said to him: “Why are you becoming so thin from day to day, O son of the king? Why won’t you tell me?” And Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”
1 Kings 21:3Naboth responded to him, “May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”
Job 5:2Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
Ecclesiastes 7:8A false accusation troubles the wise man and saps the strength of his heart.
Jonah 4:1And Jonah was afflicted with a great affliction, and he was angry.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 21:2-5
Naboth's Vineyard Refused to Ahab. ( b. c. 899.) 1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I… Read the whole commentary →