1 Kings 21:5

1 Kings 21:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
• New International Version (NIV)His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “Why are you so sullen? Why won’t you eat?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sullen that you eat no food?”

Context of 1 Kings 21:5

3But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” 4So Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no food. 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?” 6So he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’” 7Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

1 Kings 21:5 word by word

וַתָּבֹ֥א אֵלָ֖יו אִיזֶ֣בֶל אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֗יו מַה־זֶּה֙ רוּחֲךָ֣ סָרָ֔ה וְאֵינְךָ֖ אֹכֵ֥ל לָֽחֶם׃Read the interlinear

• But Jezebelאִיזֶבֶל'îyzebel · JezebelH348
• his wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to him and saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• to him, “Howמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• is it that your spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• is so sullenסַרsar · stubbornH5620
• that you are not eatingאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899

Cross-references for 1 Kings 21:5

• 1 Kings 21:25Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, because Jezebel his wife incited him.
• 1 Kings 16:31It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.
• 1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
• 1 Kings 19:2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”
• Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
• 2 Samuel 13:4He said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Then Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”
• Nehemiah 2:2So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
• Esther 4:5Then Esther summoned Hathach from the king’s eunuchs, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 21:5

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-16Verses 5-16 When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the form of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be expected. Never were more wicked orders given by any prince, than those Jezebel sent to the rulers of Jezreel. Naboth must be murdered under colour of religion. There is no wickedness so vile, so horrid, but religion has sometimes been made a cover for it. Also, it must be done under colour of justice, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16The writer shares another event where King Ahab reacted with anger and sulking (1 Kings 20:43; 21:4).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 21:5

• Covetousness
• Dishonesty
• Government
• Indictments
• Jezebel
• King
• Naboth
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Jezebel
• Abominably
• Ahab
• Blaspheme
• Lay
• Lick
• Provocation
• Stoning
• Witness
• David

Commentaries on 1 Kings 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings