But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
Parallel translations
- WEB But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?”
- BSB Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”
- NKJV But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sullen that you eat no food?”
- NASB But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating food?”
- NLT “What’s the matter?” his wife Jezebel asked him. “What’s made you so upset that you’re not eating?”
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Jezebel comes and asks Ahab why he is so sullen that he will not eat. Her question sets in motion her ruthless plan.
Overview
Ahab's queen, Jezebel, finds him dejected and inquires after the cause of his depressed refusal to eat. Her concern is not for righteousness but for restoring her husband's contentment by any means. The exchange introduces Jezebel as the driving force of evil who will manipulate law and power to gratify Ahab's covetousness.
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- Esth 4:5Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
- 1 Kgs 16:31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
- 1 Kgs 21:25But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
- Neh 2:2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
- 2 Sam 13:4And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.
- Gen 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- 1 Kgs 18:4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kgs 19:2Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
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