1 Kings 21:5
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His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “Why are you so sullen? Why won’t you eat?”
Read 1 Kings 21:5 Using Other Translations
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?"
“What’s the matter?” his wife Jezebel asked him. “What’s made you so upset that you’re not eating?”
What does 1 Kings 21:5 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
1 Kings 21:5
But Jezebel his wife came unto him, and said, why is thy
spirit
so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
] She perceived he was low spirited, and supposed he had met with
something that had ruffled him, and made him so uneasy that he
could not eat his food; and she desired to know what it was, that
she might relieve him if possible.
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