1 Kings 21:16

when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead Here the LXX. adds -he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloth". This clause must be entirely out of place. Josephus gives us a detail far more in harmony with Ahab's character. He says (Ant.viii. 13, 8) -And Ahab was pleased with what had been done, and sprang up from his bed, and went to see Naboth's vineyard". There was certainly no time lost by him. His entry on the possession seems to have been made the very next day after Naboth's death. We learn afterwards (2 Kings 9:26) that Jehu and Bidkar rode with Ahab at the time, and so appalling was the curse which Elijah pronounced on the wretched king that it was imprinted on Jehu's memory and he could quote it many years afterwards, apparently in its very words.