1 Kings 21:5 meaning and explanation
Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”
1 Kings 21:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Jezebel comes to Ahab in the palace, where he has gone to bed sulking because Naboth refused to sell his ancestral vineyard. Her question sounds like concern, but it sets up the contrast the chapter draws: Ahab wants the land and does nothing, while Jezebel takes charge and later arranges Naboth's death to get it.
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