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1 Kings 21:29 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 21 · verse 29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.1 Kings 21:29 · King James Version
1 Kings 21:29 in context
27And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
28And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- humblethkânaʻproperly, to bend the kneeH3665 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- Seestrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- son'sbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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In these verses we may observe, I. The very bad character that is given of Ahab (Kg1 21:25, Kg1 21:26), which comes in here to justify God in the heavy sentence passed upon him, and to show that though it was passed upon occasion of his sin in the matter of Naboth (which David's sin in the matter of Uriah did too much…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29