1 Kings 21:4
And Achab came into his house angry and fretting, because of the word that Naboth the Jezrahelite had spoken to him, saying: I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And casting himself upon his bed, he turned away his face to the wall, and would eat no bread.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Numbers 22:13And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you.
2 Samuel 13:4And he said to him: Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Amnon said to him: I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom.
1 Kings 21:3Naboth answered him: The Lord be merciful to me, and not let me give thee the inheritance of my fathers.
Job 5:2Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
Ecclesiastes 7:8Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
Jonah 4:1And Jonas was exceedingly troubled, and 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 →