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1 Kings 21:27

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When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

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1 Kings 21:27 in other translations

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.

1 Kings 21:27 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 21:27 in context

  1. 25But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
  2. 26He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
  3. 27When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
  4. 28Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
  5. 29“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.”