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1 Kings 21

1 Kings 21:4

Naboth’s Vineyard · 1 Kings 21:1–7
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Literal
And Ahab went into his house sullen and angry because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him. For he had said, “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed, and he turned away his face and would not eat food.
Latin
Venit ergo Achab in domum suam indignans, et frendens super verbo quod locutus fuerat ad eum Naboth Jezrahelites, dicens: Non dabo tibi hæreditatem patrum meorum. Et projiciens se in lectulum suum, avertit faciem suam ad parietem, et non comedit panem.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

1 Kings 21:4

sullen and angry: Ahab reacted the same way when God's prophet scolded him (1 Kings 20:43). A stubborn, self-centered person can easily become sullen (1 Kings 21:16, 20, 25–26; see 16:31–32; 18:10, 17; 20:42–43; 22:3, 27–30).

1 Kings 21:1–16

The writer shares another event where King Ahab reacted with anger and sulking (1 Kings 20:43; 21:4).

People

Ahab: Wicked king of Israel; husband of Jezebel Naboth: Jezreelite vineyard owner, unjustly killed by Ahab and Jezebel

Places

Jezreel: A city in Issachar, associated with Ahab and Jezebel

Glossary

Ahab (King) Ammi Archaeology and the Bible Furniture Jezebel Jezreel (Place) Jezreelite Kings, Books of First and Second Naboth Queen Witness

Topics

Anger: Ahab, Because Naboth Would not Sell his Vineyard Anger: Sinful: Ahab Beds: Persons Sometimes Took To, in Grief Covetousness: Ahab Covetousness: Ahab, in Desiring Naboth's Vineyard Dishonesty: Ahab Confiscates Naboth's Vineyard Indictments: Naboth on the Charge of Blasphemy King: Profiting From: Confiscations of Property Naboth: His Vineyard Forcibly Taken by Ahab; Stoned at the Instigation of Jezebel Women: Jezebel, in Her Conspiracy Against Naboth, to Cheat Him out of his Vineyard