King James Version
1 Kings 21:3 in the King James Version says “And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.”
1 Kings 21:3 · KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. seem: Heb. be good in thine eyes
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“it me that I should give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
“of my fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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