So Ahab went home, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said,“ I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors.” He lay on his bed sulking and refused to eat. (niv)
Afterward Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief,and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him,“ Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him— you will surely come to ruin!” (niv)
The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat,“ There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”“ The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied. (niv)
