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Ahab came into his house sullen and angry 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.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

1 Kings 21:4 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 રાજાઓ ૨૧:૪
તેથી યિઝ્રએલી નાબોથનો જવાબ સાંભળીને આહાબ ઉદાસ તથા ગુસ્સે થઈને પોતાના મહેલમાં ગયો. તે પથારીમાં સૂઈ ગયો અને તેણે પોતાનું મોં અવળું ફેરવ્યું. તેણે ખાવાની ના પાડી.
हिन्दी1 राजाओं २१:४
यिज्रेली नाबोत के इस वचन के कारण “मैं तुझे अपने पुरखाओं का निज भाग न दूँगा,” अहाब उदास और अप्रसन्न होकर अपने घर गया, और बिछौने पर लेट गया और मुँह फेर लिया, और कुछ भोजन न किया।

In context

2Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”

3Naboth said to Ahab, “May the LORD forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

4Ahab came into his house sullen and angry 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.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

5But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?”

6He 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 another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”

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