²Ahab told Naboth, “Give me your vineyard. It will become my vegetable garden because it is near my house. I will give you a better vineyard for it. Or if you prefer, I will pay you a fair price for it.”

³Naboth told Ahab, “The Lord has forbidden me to give you what I inherited from my ancestors.”

⁴Resentful and upset, Ahab went home because of what Naboth from Jezreel had told him. (⸤Naboth had said,⸥ “I will not give you what I inherited from my ancestors.”) So Ahab lay on the couch, turned his face ⸤from everyone⸥, and refused to eat.

⁵His wife Jezebel came to him and asked, “Why are you so resentful of everything? Why don’t you eat?”

⁶He told her, “I talked to Naboth from Jezreel. I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard. Or, if you like, I’ll give you another vineyard for it.’ But he said, ‘I won’t give you my vineyard.’ ”

⁷His wife Jezebel said to him, “Aren’t you king of Israel? Get up, eat, and cheer up. I’ll give you the vineyard belonging to Naboth from Jezreel.”

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