1 Kings 21:2-4

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² One day the king talked to him about selling him this land.

“I want it for a garden,” the king explained, “because it’s so convenient to the palace.” He offered cash or, if Naboth preferred, a piece of better land in trade.

³ But Naboth replied, “Not on your life! That land has been in my family for generations.”

⁴ So Ahab went back to the palace angry and sullen. He refused to eat and went to bed with his face to the wall!