1 Kings 21:25-29

25 ¹Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him.

26 ²He acted very abominably in following * idols, ³according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before * the sons of Israel.

27 It came about when Ahab heard these words, that ⁴he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

28 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

29 "Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before * Me? Because * he has humbled himself before * Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house ⁵in his son's days."

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1 Kings 21:25-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 21

In this chapter we have an account of Ahab's design to have Naboth's vineyard, for which he offered him another, or the value of that, but Naboth refusing to part with it, Ahab fell sick, 1Ki 21:1-4, the reason of which being found out by Jezebel, she devised means to get Naboth put to death under the colour of justice for blasphemy, 1Ki 21:5-14, and then bid Ahab go and take possession of the vineyard, where he was met by Elijah, who denounced the judgments of God upon him, and Jezebel, and all his family, for his injustice, 1Ki 21:15-26, but he humbling himself, the evil threatened was deferred to the days of his son, 1Ki 21:27-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. 1 Kings 16:30-33; 1 Kings 21:20
2. 1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 17:12
3. Genesis 15:16; Leviticus 18:25-30; 2 Kings 21:11
4. Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Kings 6:30
5. 2 Kings 9:25-37

Footnotes 3

[a]. Or "whom Jezebel his wife incited"
[b]. Lit "sackcloth on his flesh"
[c]. Or "softly"