3 Naboth told Ahab, “The Lord has forbidden me to give you what I inherited from my ancestors.”
4 Resentful and upset, Ahab went home because of what Naboth from Jezreel had told him. (⌊Naboth had said,⌋ “I will not give you what I inherited from my ancestors.”) So Ahab lay on the couch, turned his face ⌊from everyone⌋, and refused to eat.
5 His wife Jezbel came to him and asked, “Why are you so resentful of everything? Why don’t you eat?”
6 He told her, “I talked to Naboth from Jezreel. I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard. Or, if you like, I’ll give you another vineyard for it.’ But he said, ‘I won’t give you my vineyard.’ ”
7 His wife Jezbel said to him, “Aren’t you king of Israel? Get up, eat, and cheer up. I’ll give you the vineyard belonging to Naboth from Jezreel.”
8 So Jezbel wrote letters, signed them with Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal. She sent them to the respected leaders and nobles living in Naboth’s city.
9 In these letters she wrote: “Announce a fast. Seat Naboth as leader of the people.