21It happened after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. ²Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard that it may be mine for a garden of vegetable plants, because it is near, beside my house, and I will give to you a better vineyard in place of it. If it is better in your eyes, I will give you the money of its price.” ³Naboth said to Ahab, “Far be it from me from Yahweh that I should give the inheritance of my ancestors^a to you.” ⁴Then Ahab went to his house, sullen and angry because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him when he had said, “I will not give to you the inheritance of my ancestors.”^b So he lay on his bed, turned away his face, and would not eat any food.

⁵Then Jezebel his wife came to him, and she said to him, “What is this, that your spirit is sullen and you are not eating food?” ⁶Then he said to her, “When I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and asked him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in place of it,’ he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ” ⁷Jezebel his wife said to him, “Now, you rule^c over Israel. Get up, eat food, and let your heart be cheerful.^d I myself will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

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Footnotes

aOr “fathers”
bOr “fathers”
cLiterally “do kingship”
dLiterally “good”