1 Kings 21:4

And Ahab came into his house The last four words are omitted by the LXX., as also the clause -because of the word … the inheritance of my fathers." It is clear from the continuation of the story that it was to Samaria that Ahab came back after his interview with Naboth.

heavy and displeased See above, on 1 Kings 20:43.

And he laid him down, &c. This detail shews, like so much else in Ahab's history, what a feeble character he was, and how thoroughly he would be dominated by the more powerful mind of Jezebel. While absent from her, some signs of improvement might appear, even such as might seem to Elijah to promise hopes of a change; but when she appears they are all gone. And the moodiness here described is rather that of a wayward child, than of a man of mature years and high position.