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But Naboth said to Ahab, “Adonai forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

So Ahab went into his house sullen and resentful because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned away his face and would eat no food.

Then his wife Jezebel came to him and asked him, “Why is your spirit so sullen that you are eating no food?”

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