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1 Kings 21:4-6
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1 Kings 21:4-6
New English Translation
4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said,[a] “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.”[b] He lay down on his bed, pouted,[c] and would not eat. 5 Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, “Why do you have a bitter attitude and refuse to eat?” 6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’”[d]
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- 1 Kings 21:4 tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him and he said.”
- 1 Kings 21:4 tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”
- 1 Kings 21:4 tn Heb “turned away his face.”
- 1 Kings 21:6 tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.
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