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(A)So Ahab came into his house sullen and enraged because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no [a]food.

But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating [b]food?” So he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”

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  1. 1 Kings 21:4 Lit bread
  2. 1 Kings 21:5 Lit bread