⁴³ And the king of Israel ^(A)went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria.

⁴ And Ahab ^(A)went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.

¹² Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning ^(A)and with his head covered. ¹³ And Haman told ^(B)his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.”

¹³ Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting ^(A)at the king's gate.”

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”