1 Kings 21:5 - Printer Friendly

ESV: But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?"

NIV: His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, "Why are you so sullen? Why won’t you eat?"

NASB: 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?'

CSB: Then his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, "Why are you so upset that you refuse to eat?"

NLT: What’s the matter?' his wife Jezebel asked him. 'What’s made you so upset that you’re not eating?'

KJV: But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

NKJV: But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sullen that you eat no food?”

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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