Ahab sulks; Jezebel intervenes

4So Ahab went into his house sullen and angry because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, saying, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned his face away, and he would not eat bread.

5Then Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sullen that you are not eating bread?”

6And he spoke to her, because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for silver, or, if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in place of it,’ but he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’

7Then Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern Israel as king? Get up, eat bread, and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”