But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid (A)that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

So Ahab went into his house sullen and displeased 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.” And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food. But (B)Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sullen that you eat no food?”

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