In Context

2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, |Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.|

3 Naboth said to Ahab, |May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!|

4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, |I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.| He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, |Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?|

6 He said to her, |Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.' He answered, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'|

7 Jezebel his wife said to him, |Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.|

1 Kings 21:5 in Other Translations