1 Kings 21:27

Translations

Modern

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

Traditional

And 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.

Literal

And it came to pass when Ahab heard these words that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and he fasted and lay in the sackcloth, and he walked softly.

Latin

Itaque cum audisset Achab sermones istos, scidit vestimenta sua, et operuit cilicio carnem suam, jejunavitque et dormivit in sacco, et ambulavit demisso capite.

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English

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

Notes

1 Kings 21:27–29

Ahab was a complicated person. He was rightly criticized for his evil actions, but he did repent when a prophet delivered a message of rebuke (1 Kings 21:27). Because Ahab repented, the Lord sent Elijah to delay the terrible punishment meant for Ahab and instead place it on his equally wicked sons (2 Kings 1:17; 9:24–26; 10:1–11).

Theme notes and profiles

Ahab Elijah Jezebel Apostasy and Renewal Prophets in 1 Kings

Events

Prophecies of Elijahc. 910 BC

Related verses

2 Kings 6:30
When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
2 Samuel 3:31
Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
Isaiah 58:5–8
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Joel 1:13
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
2 Samuel 12:16–17
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Job 16:15
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Isaiah 38:15
What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
2 Kings 18:37
Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
Jonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

People

Ahab: Wicked king of Israel; husband of Jezebel

Glossary

Ahab (King) Archaeology and the Bible Elijah Fast, Fasting Jezreel (Place) Kings, Books of First and Second Naboth Queen Sackcloth Tishbe Witness

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities of the Wicked: Sometimes Humble Them Elijah: Prophecies of The Destruction of Ahab and his House Fasting of Ahab, when Elijah Prophesied the Destruction of Himself and his House Fasting of the Wicked: Ahab Repentance: Ahab, when Reproved by Elijah for Ahab's Idolatry Repentance: False: Ahab Sackcloth was Worn: Frequently Next the Skin in Deep Afflictions Sackcloth: The Jews Lay In, when in Deep Affliction The Afflictions of the Wicked: Sometimes Humble Them Women: Jezebel, in Her Evil Counsels To, and Influence Over, Ahab

1 Kings 21:27

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