1 Kings 21:4

And Ahab came into his house [At Samaria, as we gather from 1 Kings 21:18 , 1 Kings 21:14 , 1 Kings 21:16 , etc.] heavy and displeased [Heb. sullen and angry ; same words as in 1 Kings 20:43 . Ewald thinks that we have here a clear reference to that passage] because of the word which Naboth the Jezreellte had spoken to him: for [Heb. and ] he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed [Rawlinson understands this to mean the couch on which the Orientals recline at meals. And מִטָּה is used with this meaning in Esther 1:6 , Ezekiel 23:41 , and elsewhere. But " his bed" seems rather to point to his private chamber; see on Ezekiel 23:5 ], and turned away his face [The Vulgate adds ad parietem . Cf. 2 Kings 20:2 ; from which place it may have been unconsciously introduced here], and would eat no bread. [Keil contends that" this childish mode of giving expression to his displeasure shows very clearly that Ahab was a man sold under sin ( 2 Kings 20:20 ), who only wanted the requisite energy to display the wickedness of his heart in vigorous action;" but whether this is a just inference from these words may well be questioned. It rather shows that so little did he meditate evil that he accepted the refusal of Naboth as conclusive, and gave way to childish grief.