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id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/21-4.htm" title="1 Kings 21:4">◄</a> 1 Kings 21:5 <a href="../1_kings/21-6.htm" title="1 Kings 21:6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/1_kings/21.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/1_kings/21.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/1_kings/21.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/1_kings/21.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/1_kings/21.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/1_kings/21.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a 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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 with the formalities of legal process. Let us, from this sad story, be amazed at the wickedness of the wicked, and the power of Satan in the children of disobedience. Let us commit the keeping of our lives and comforts to God, for innocence will not always be our security; and let us rejoice in the knowledge that all will be set to rights in the great day.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/1_kings/21.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>Upon his bed - That is, "upon his couch." The Jews, like other Orientals, reclined upon couches at their meals (<a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4</a>; <a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41</a>, etc.). Ahab turns his face toward the back of the couch, rejecting all converse with others, and so remains, after the banquet is served, refusing to partake of it. Such an open manifestation of ill temper is thoroughly characteristic of an Oriental king. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/1_kings/21.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>1Ki 21:5-16. Jezebel Causes Naboth to Be Stoned.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/1_kings/21.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/1_kings/21.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>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. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/1_kings/21.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad</span> [same word as in ver. 4], <span class="cmt_word">that thou eatest no bread?</span> [It would seem that the queen missed him from the banqueting hall - he can hardly, therefore, have lain down on one of the divans or couches therein - and went to his bedroom to inquire the reason.] 1 Kings 21:5<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/1_kings/21.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>When Jezebel learned the cause of Ahab's ill-humour, she said to him, "Thou, dost thou now exercise royal authority over Israel." אתּה is placed first for the sake of emphasis, and the sentence is to be taken as an ironical question, as it has been by the lxx. 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