So Ahab went to his palace resentful and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him. He had said, ‘I will not give you my ancestors’ inheritance.’ He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and didn’t eat any food.
1 Samuel 28:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He refused, saying, ‘I won’t eat,’ but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he heeded their words. So he arose from the ground and sat upon the bed. American Standard Version (1901) But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. Common English Bible But Saul refused. “I can’t eat!” he said. But his servants and the woman urged him to do so, and so he did. He got up off the ground and sat on a couch. Catholic Public Domain Version But he refused, and he said, "I will not eat." But his servants and the woman urged him, and after some time, heeding their voice, he rose up from the ground, and he sat upon the bed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he refused, and said: I will not eat. But his servants and the woman forced him; and at length hearkening to their voice he arose from the ground and sat upon the bed. |
So Ahab went to his palace resentful and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him. He had said, ‘I will not give you my ancestors’ inheritance.’ He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and didn’t eat any food.
One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.
But his servants approached and said to him, ‘My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, “Wash and be clean”? ’
White and blue linen hangings were fastened with fine white and purple linen cords to silver rods on marble columns. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of red feldspar, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.
Singing songs to a troubled heart is like taking off clothing on a cold day or like pouring vinegar on soda. ,
You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set my incense and oil.
‘Then the master told the servant, “Go out into the roads and hedges and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
But they urged him, ‘Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them.
After she and her household were baptised, she urged us, ‘If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.’ And she persuaded us.
For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died.
Now please listen to your servant. Let me set some food in front of you. Eat and it will give you strength so you can go on your way.’