1 Kings 21:4
So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
5Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”
Cross References
Numbers 22:13So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
2 Samuel 13:4so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
1 Kings 21:3But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Ecclesiastes 7:8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
Jonah 4:1Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became 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 →