1 Kings 21:4
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.
KJV
Venit ergo Achab in domum suam indignans, et frendens super verbo quod locutus fuerat ad eum Naboth Jezrahelites, dicens : Non dabo tibi hæreditatem patrum meorum. Et projiciens se in lectulum suum, avertit faciem suam ad parietem, et non comedit panem.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπεκρίθη βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν Καθὼς ἐλάλησας, κύριε βασιλεῦ, σὸς ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμά.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יָּבֹא֩ אַחְאָ֨ב אֶל בֵּית֜/וֹ סַ֣ר וְ/זָעֵ֗ף עַל הַ/דָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּ֣ר אֵלָ֗י/ו נָבוֹת֙ הַ/יִּזְרְעֵאלִ֔י וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא אֶתֵּ֥ן לְ/ךָ֖ אֶת נַחֲלַ֣ת אֲבוֹתָ֑/י וַ/יִּשְׁכַּב֙ עַל מִטָּת֔/וֹ וַ/יַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת פָּנָ֖י/ו וְ/לֹֽא אָ֥כַל לָֽחֶם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
24 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 20:43 — And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
- 1Kgs 20:43 — And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
- 1Sam 28:23 — But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
- Esth 6:12 — And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
- Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.