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1 Kings 21:5

Jezebel

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

4 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.

But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”
KJV
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
WEB
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?”
ASV
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
DARBY
And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread?
BLB
And Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “Why [is] this [that] your spirit [is] so sullen, and you eat no food?”
ÅB
Da kom hans hustru Jesabel inn til ham, og hun spurte ham: Hvorfor er du så mismodig og vil ikke spise?
OTB
Hans kone Jesabel kom inn og spurte: "Hvorfor er du så opprørt? Hvorfor vil du ikke spise?"
B1930
Da kom hans hustru Jesabel inn til ham, og hun spurte ham: Hvorfor er du så mismodig og vil ikke ete?

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 16:31

    And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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  • 2 Samuel 13:4

    And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

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  • Genesis 3:6

    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

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  • Esther 4:5

    Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

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  • 1 Kings 19:2

    Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

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  • Nehemiah 2:2

    Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

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  • 1 Kings 18:4

    For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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  • 1 Kings 21:25

    But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

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