Naboth's refusal made the selfish monarch ill. "Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him. . . . And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread."

Den egenkærlige monark blev syg på grund af Nabots afslag. "Så gik Akab hjem, misfornøjet og ilde til mode over det svar, jizreelitten Nabot havde givet ham ..... og han lagde sig til sengs, vendte sit ansigt bort og spiste ikke."