1 Kings 21:27 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 21:27

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

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Naboth the Jezreelite 11.47 (397)

The rich become angry and slander in order to harm, if they do not obtain what they desire. However, when they have harmed through slander, they pretend to be sorry: yet they go forth sad and mournful, not in their hearts but in their appearance, and they seize the place of the property they have seized by their unfairness.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Delivered in 1Ki 21:21, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon, his flesh, tore off his clothes, and stripped himself of all, even of his very shirt, and put sackcloth on his bare flesh, a coarse cloth made of hair, and such as sacks are made with: and fasted, how long it is not said: and lay in sackcloth; in the night on his bed, would have no linen on him day nor night: and went softly: step by step, as persons mourning, grieving, and pensive, do; the Targum renders it "barefoot", and so Jarchi.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He obtained hereby a reprieve, which I may call a kind of pardon. Though it was but an outside repentance (lamenting the judgment only, and not the sin), though he did not leave his idols, nor restore the vineyard to Naboth's heirs, yet, because he did hereby give some glory to God, God took notice of it, and bade Elijah take notice of it: Seest thou how Ahab humbles himself?

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The repentance of Ahab resembles that of the Ninevites Jon 3:5. It has the same outward signs - fasting and sackcloth - and it has much the same inward character. It springs, not from love, nor from hatred of sin, but from fear of the consequences of sin. It is thus, although sincere and real while it lasts, shallow and exceedingly short-lived.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Going softly, that is, barefoot, and with a pensive manner, within doors. He manifested all the external signs, conventional and natural, of the deepest sorrow. He was wretched, and so great is the mercy of God, that, in consequence of his humiliation, the threatened punishment was deferred.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִי֩	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ	khish.Mo.a'	when heard	H8085 →
אַחְאָ֜ב	'ach.'Av	Ahab	H256 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַדְּבָרִ֤ים	ha.de.va.Rim	the words	H1697 →
הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
וַיִּקְרַ֣ע	vai.yik.Ra'	and he tore	H7167 →
בְּגָדָ֔יו	be.ga.Dav	clothes his	H899 →
וַיָּֽשֶׂם־	vai.ya.sem-	and he put	H7760 →
שַׂ֥ק	sak	sackcloth	H8242 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בְּשָׂר֖וֹ	be.sa.Ro	body his	H1320 →
וַיָּצ֑וֹם	vai.ya.Tzom	and he fasted	H6684 →
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay down	H7901 →
בַּשָּׂ֔ק	ba.Sak	in the sackcloth	H8242 →
וַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְ	vay.ha.Lekh	and he went about	H1980 →
אַֽט׃ ס	'At	dejectedly	H328 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:8
  So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
- Joel 1:8–9
  Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
- Ezekiel 7:18
  They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
- Jeremiah 9:10
  I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not…
- Joel 2:17
  Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among…
Through
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.
leads to
- Genesis 37:34
  Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
- 2 Samuel 1:2
  On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
Through
Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
leads to
- Genesis 37:29
  When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 1 Kings