John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 21:4

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased, etc.] Just in the same humour he was after the prophet had delivered his message to him, (<112043>1 Kings 20:43), where the same words are used as here: 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, neither by way of exchange nor of purchase: and such a denial he could not bear, since it looked like treating him with contempt, and taxing him with imprudence at least, if not with injustice, or both: and he laid him down upon his bed; or couch, which might be not in his bedchamber, but in one of his halls, where his courtiers were: and turned away his face; to the wall, not choosing to have conversation with any of his nobles: and would eat no bread; the vexation took away his stomach, and he became melancholy, at least sullen.

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