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Because he has humbled himself, I will not bring this disaster in his day, but I will bring it on his house in the days of his son.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/1_kings/21.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has done this, I will not do what I promised during his lifetime. It will happen to his sons; I will destroy his dynasty.” <a href="/esv/1_kings/21.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring the disaster upon his house.” <a href="/bsb/1_kings/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.” <a href="/kjv/1_kings/21.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/21.htm">New King James Version</a> “See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house.” <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; I will bring the disaster upon his house in his son’s days.” <a href="/nasb/1_kings/21.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Do 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 in his son&#8217s days.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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 in his son’s days.” <a href="/lsb/1_kings/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “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 in his son’s days.” <a href="/amp/1_kings/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil (catastrophe) in his lifetime, but in his son’s days I will bring evil upon his house.” <a href="/csb/1_kings/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? I will not bring the disaster during his lifetime, because he has humbled himself before me. I will bring the disaster on his house during his son’s lifetime.” <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? I will not bring the disaster during his lifetime, because he has humbled himself before Me. I will bring the disaster on his house during his son&#8217s lifetime.&#8221 <a href="/asv/1_kings/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/erv/1_kings/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Do you see how Ahab is humbling himself in my presence? Because he's humbling himself in my presence, I will not let any evil happen to his family while he is alive. I will bring evil on it during his son's lifetime." <a href="/gnt/1_kings/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has done this, I will not bring disaster on him during his lifetime; it will be during his son's lifetime that I will bring disaster on Ahab's family." <a href="/isv/1_kings/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Have you noticed that Ahab has humbled himself in my presence? Because he has humbled himself in my presence, I will not bring his evil to harvest during his lifetime, but I will bring evil to his household during his son's lifetime." <a href="/msb/1_kings/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.? <a href="/net/1_kings/21.htm">NET Bible</a> "Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son." <a href="/nheb/1_kings/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the disaster on his house." <a href="/wbt/1_kings/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/1_kings/21.htm">World English Bible</a> “See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Have you seen that Ahab has been humbled before Me? Because that he has been humbled before Me, I do not bring in the calamity in his days; I bring in the calamity on his house in the days of his son.” <a href="/ylt/1_kings/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Hast thou seen that Ahab hath been humbled before Me? because that he hath been humbled before Me, I bring not in the evil in his days; in the days of his son I bring in the evil on his house.' <a href="/slt/1_kings/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thou sawest that Ahab humbled himself from before me. Because that he humbled himself from before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in the days of his sons I will bring the evil upon his house.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Hast thou not seen Achab humbled before me? therefore, because he hath humbled himself for my sake, I will not bring the evil in his days, but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “Have you not seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Therefore, since he has humbled himself because of me, I will not lead in the evil during his days. Instead, during the days of his son, I will bring in the evil to his house.” <a href="/nabre/1_kings/21.htm">New American Bible</a> Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time. I will bring the evil upon his house in his son’s time. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring the disaster on his house.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled 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. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> “I have seen that Akhab is ashamed from before me. Because he is ashamed from before me, I shall not bring the evil in his days; in the days of his son I shall bring the evil on his house.” <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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.' <a href="/sep/1_kings/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Hast thou seen how Achaab has been pricked to the heart before me? I will not bring on the evil in his days, but in his son's days will I bring on the evil. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/21-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=8664" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/21.htm">Ahab's Repentance</a> …28Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying: 29<a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: hărā·’î·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">“Have you seen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">how</a> <a href="/hebrew/256.htm" title="256: ’aḥ·’āḇ (N-proper-ms) -- Once oechab; from 'ach and 'ab; brother of father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon.">Ahab</a> <a href="/hebrew/3665.htm" title="3665: niḵ·na‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To be humble. A primitive root; properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish.">has humbled himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mil·lə·p̄ā·nāy (Prep-m, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3665.htm" title="3665: niḵ·na‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To be humble. A primitive root; properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish.">he has humbled himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pā·nay (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ʾå̄·ḇī (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">the calamity</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yā·māw (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">during his days,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ’ā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">but I will bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bê·ṯōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">his house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bî·mê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of his son.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/22-19.htm">2 Kings 22:19-20</a> because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD. / ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king. <a href="/2_chronicles/34-27.htm">2 Chronicles 34:27-28</a> because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD. / ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king. <a href="/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21-23</a> But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. / None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live. / Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live? <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Jonah 3:10</a> When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them. <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7-8</a> At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a> Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, / maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” <a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8-10</a> The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. / He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. / He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13-14</a> So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. / Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God. <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a> Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. <a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Matthew 3:8</a> Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. <a href="/luke/15-7.htm">Luke 15:7</a> I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent. <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a> Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a> The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house.Seest thou<a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Jeremiah 7:17</a> Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?<a href="/luke/7-44.htm">Luke 7:44</a> And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.Ahab<a href="/exodus/10-3.htm">Exodus 10:3</a> And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.<a href="/psalms/18-44.htm">Psalm 18:44</a> As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.<a href="/psalms/66-3.htm">Psalm 66:3</a> Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.I will not<a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Psalm 86:15</a> But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.<a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">Ezekiel 33:10,11</a> Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? … <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18</a> Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.the evil in<a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-23</a> Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, … in his son's days<a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">2 Kings 9:25,26,33-37</a> Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; … <a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm">2 Kings 10:1-7,11</a> And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-24.htm">Family</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-22.htm">Humbled</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-7.htm">Humbles</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-14.htm">Humbleth</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-16.htm">Low</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-19.htm">Noticed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-27.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-20.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-9.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/22-20.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-23.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-8.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-2.htm">Family</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-19.htm">Humbled</a> <a href="/psalms/113-6.htm">Humbles</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-1.htm">Humbleth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-20.htm">Low</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-7.htm">Noticed</a> <a href="/job/10-4.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-40.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-46.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 21</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/21-1.htm">Ahab being denied Naboth's vineyard, is grieved</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/21-5.htm">Jezebel writing letters against Naboth, he is condemned of blasphemy</a> 15. <a href="/1_kings/21-15.htm">Ahab take possession of the vineyard</a> 17. <a href="/1_kings/21-17.htm">Elijah denounces judgments against Ahab and Jezebel</a> 25. <a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">Wicked Ahab repenting, God defers the judgment</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? This phrase highlights God's awareness of Ahab's actions and his response to them. Ahab, the king of Israel, was notorious for his idolatry and wickedness, heavily influenced by his wife Jezebel. His humility here is significant because it shows a rare moment of repentance. In the biblical context, humility before God often leads to mercy, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>, where God promises to heal the land if His people humble themselves. This moment of humility is a temporary turning point for Ahab, reflecting the biblical principle that God is willing to forgive those who genuinely repent.Because he has humbled himself before Me, This repetition emphasizes the importance of humility in the eyes of God. It underscores the biblical theme that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (<a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a>). Ahab's act of humbling himself is a response to the prophetic judgment pronounced by Elijah, showing that even the most wicked can seek God's mercy. This act of humility is a key factor in God's decision to delay judgment, illustrating the power of repentance.I will not bring the calamity during his days, God's decision to postpone the calamity demonstrates His mercy and patience. The calamity refers to the destruction and downfall of Ahab's dynasty, which was prophesied due to his and Jezebel's sins, including the murder of Naboth. This delay is a temporary reprieve, showing that while God is just, He is also compassionate and willing to relent from sending disaster if there is genuine repentance. This principle is echoed in the story of Nineveh in the book of Jonah, where God spares the city after its people repent.but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son. This phrase indicates that while Ahab's personal repentance delayed the judgment, it did not cancel it. The consequences of sin often extend beyond the individual to their descendants, a theme seen throughout the Old Testament. The fulfillment of this prophecy occurs during the reign of Ahab's son, Joram, when Jehu executes judgment on Ahab's house (2 Kings 9-10). This serves as a reminder of the enduring impact of sin and the importance of breaking cycles of disobedience. It also reflects the biblical principle of generational consequences, as seen in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God speaks of visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab</a> The king of Israel, known for his wickedness and idolatry, particularly his marriage to Jezebel and the promotion of Baal worship. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm">Jezebel</a> Ahab's wife, notorious for her evil influence over Ahab and her role in the persecution of God's prophets. 3. <a href="/topical/e/elijah.htm">Elijah</a> The prophet of God who confronts Ahab about his sins, including the murder of Naboth to seize his vineyard. 4. <a href="/topical/n/naboth's_vineyard.htm">Naboth's Vineyard</a> The event preceding this verse, where Ahab covets Naboth's vineyard, leading to Naboth's unjust execution orchestrated by Jezebel. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a> The pronouncement of disaster upon Ahab's house due to his sins, which is delayed because of Ahab's temporary repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_humility.htm">The Power of Humility</a> Ahab's account demonstrates that even the most wicked can find mercy through genuine humility and repentance. This teaches us that no one is beyond God's grace if they turn to Him sincerely. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> While Ahab's humility delayed judgment, it did not remove the consequences of his actions. This reminds us that sin has lasting effects, and repentance does not always eliminate earthly consequences. <a href="/topical/g/god's_reluctance_to_punish.htm">God's Reluctance to Punish</a> God's willingness to delay judgment shows His desire for repentance rather than punishment. This encourages us to seek God's mercy and change our ways before it's too late. <a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_leadership.htm">The Influence of Leadership</a> Ahab's actions affected his entire household and nation. This highlights the responsibility of leaders to act righteously, as their decisions have widespread implications. <a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._true_repentance.htm">Temporary vs. True Repentance</a> Ahab's repentance was short-lived, as seen in subsequent chapters. This challenges us to pursue lasting change and genuine transformation in our walk with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 21</a> <a href="/q/how_does_2_kings_10_align_with_mercy.htm">How can the depiction of divine judgment in 2 Kings 10 be reconciled with later passages emphasizing mercy and forgiveness?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_naboth_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Naboth in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_key_events_in_2_kings.htm">What are the key events in 2 Kings?</a> <a href="/q/why_punish_a_child_for_david's_sin.htm">In 2 Samuel 12:7–14, why would a just God inflict punishment on an innocent child for David’s sin, seemingly contradicting Ezekiel 18:20? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) How Ahab humbleth himself.--As there is something entirely characteristic of Ahab's impressible nature in this burst of penitence; so in the acceptance of it there is a remarkable illustration of the Divine mercy. The repentance might seem not only to come too late, but to be the mere offspring of fear--more sensible of the shame of discovery than of the shamefulness of sin. Man's judgment would despise it; God sees in its imperfection some germs of promise, and His partial remission of penalty shows it to be not disregarded in His sight. Ahab himself is still to suffer the predicted doom; but he is to die in honour, and the utter destruction waits, till Jehoram shall fill up the measure of iniquity.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 29. - Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? [The repentance, if it was not profound, or enduring, was nevertheless, while it lasted, sincere. The Searcher of hearts saw in it a genuine self-abasement. And "He will not break the bruised reed nor quench the smoking flax;" <a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Isaiah 42:3</a>; <a href="/matthew/12-20.htm">Matthew 12:20</a>.] Because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil [There is a manifest reference to ver. 21, where the same words are used] in his days; but in his son's days [There is no injustice here - no threat of punishment against the innocent instead of the guilty - as might at first sight appear. For in the first place, God knew well what the son would be, and in the second place, if the son had departed from his father's sins he would have been spared (<a href="/ezekiel/18-14.htm">Ezekiel 18:14</a> sqq.); the sentence would have been revoked. Judgment was deferred to give the house of Ahab another chance. When Ahab lapsed into sin, he suffered in his own person: when his sons persisted in sin, excision befell the family] will I bring the evil [ver. 19] upon his house [ver. 22], <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/21-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Have you seen הֲ‍ֽרָאִ֔יתָ (hărā·’î·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see how כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction Ahab אַחְאָ֖ב (’aḥ·’āḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_256.htm">Strong's 256: </a> Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet has humbled himself נִכְנַ֥ע (niḵ·na‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3665.htm">Strong's 3665: </a> To bend the knee, to humiliate, vanquish before Me? מִלְּפָנָ֑י (mil·lə·p̄ā·nāy) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face Because יַ֜עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause he has humbled himself נִכְנַ֣ע (niḵ·na‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3665.htm">Strong's 3665: </a> To bend the knee, to humiliate, vanquish before Me, מִפָּנַ֗י (mip·pā·nay) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face I will not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no bring אָבִ֤יא (’ā·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go the calamity הָֽרָעָה֙ (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil during his days, בִּימֵ֣י (bî·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day but I will bring אָבִ֥יא (’ā·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go [it] הָרָעָ֖ה (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against his house בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (bê·ṯōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house in the days בְּיָמָ֔יו (bə·yā·māw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of his son.” בְנ֔וֹ (ḇə·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-29.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 21:29 See you how Ahab humbles himself before (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/21-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 21:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 21:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/22-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 22:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 22:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>