1 Kings 21:4
So Ahab went into his palace resentful and angry because of the answer Naboth the Jezreelite gave him when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors.” He lay down on his bed, turned away his face, and refused to eat any food.
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5Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “Why is your heart so sad, so that you eat no food?”
Cross References
Numbers 22:13Balaam rose up in the morning and said to Balak's leaders, “Go back to your land because Yahweh refuses to allow me to go with you.”
2 Samuel 13:4Jonadab said to Amnon, “Why, son of the king, are you depressed every morning? Will you not tell me?” So Amnon answered him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.”
1 Kings 21:3Naboth replied to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid that I should give the inheritance of my ancestors to you.”
Job 5:2For anger kills the foolish man; 1 jealousy kills the silly one. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:8Better is the end of a matter than the beginning; 2 and the people patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit. 1
Jonah 4:1But this displeased 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 →