1 Kings 21:4
Ahab went home sulking and infuriated because Naboth from Jezreel had said, “I will not give you my forefathers' inheritance.” He went to bed, wouldn't look at anyone, and refused to eat.
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3But Naboth replied, “The Lord curse me if I should give you my forefathers' inheritance.”
5His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “What are you so upset about that you don't want to eat?”
Cross References
Numbers 22:13In the morning Balaam got up and said to Balak's messengers, “Go back to where you came from because the Lord has refused to allow me to go with you.”
2 Samuel 13:4He asked Amnon, “Why are you, the king's son, so down every morning? Why don't you tell me what's wrong?” “I'm in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister,” Amnon replied.
1 Kings 21:3But Naboth replied, “The Lord curse me if I should give you my forefathers' inheritance.”
Job 5:2Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.
Ecclesiastes 7:8Completing something is better than starting it. Being patient is better than being proud.
Jonah 4:1But this really upset Jonah, and he became very 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 →