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1 Re 21:29
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"Hai visto come Achab si umiliato davanti a me? Poich si umiliato davanti a me, io non far venire la sciagura mentre egli in vita; ma mander la sciagura sulla sua casa, durante la vita di suo figlio".
Hai tu veduto come Achab si è umiliato davanti a me? Perciocchè egli si è umiliato davanti a me, io non farò venir quel male a’ suoi dì; io lo farò venir sopra la casa sua, a’ dì del suo figliuolo.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Seest thou: Jeremiah 7:17, Luke 7:44
Ahab: Exodus 10:3, Psalms 18:44, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 78:34-37
I will not: Psalms 86:15, Ezekiel 33:10, Ezekiel 33:11, Micah 7:18, Romans 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9
the evil in: 1 Kings 21:21-23
in his son's days: 2 Kings 9:25, 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Kings 9:33-37, 2 Kings 10:1-7, 2 Kings 10:11
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:5 - visiting Leviticus 26:41 - humbled 1 Kings 11:12 - in thy days 1 Kings 21:19 - In the place 1 Kings 22:53 - according to all 2 Kings 10:10 - the Lord hath done 2 Kings 10:30 - Because thou hast 2 Kings 19:1 - covered 2 Kings 22:19 - humbled 2 Chronicles 12:7 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 32:26 - days 2 Chronicles 34:28 - neither Jeremiah 26:3 - that I Jeremiah 44:10 - are not Daniel 4:27 - if it 1 Peter 5:6 - Humble
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me?.... Which yet was but an external humiliation, to be seen only with bodily eyes, as were all his actions and postures, before observed. Some Jewish writers i think his repentance was true and perfect, and his conversion thorough and real: they tell us k, that he was in fasting and prayer morning and evening before the Lord, and was studying in the law all his days, and returned not to his evil works any more, and his repentance was accepted: but the contrary appears manifest; we never read that he reproved Jezebel for the murder of Naboth, nor restored the vineyard to his family, which he would have done had he been a true penitent; nor did he leave his idols; we quickly hear of his consulting with the four hundred prophets of the groves, and expressing his hatred of a true prophet of the Lord, 1 Kings 22:6, his humiliation arose from dread of punishment, and not from the true fear of God; however, it was such as was never seen in any of his wicked predecessors, and is taken notice of by the Lord. Luther l from these words concluded, and was persuaded, that he was saved:
because he 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; this was not a pardon, only a reprieve; the sentence pronounced on him and his family was not taken off, nor countermanded, only the execution of it prolonged; it is promised that the destruction of his family should not be in his lifetime, but after his death, in his son's days, otherwise he himself died a violent death, and the dogs licked his blood, as were foretold; however, this may be an encouragement to those who are truly humbled for their sins, and really repent of them, that they shall receive forgiveness at the hand of God, since he showed so much regard to an outward humiliation and repentance.
i Bereshit Rabba in Abarbinel in loc. k Pirke Eliezer, c. 43. l Mensal. Colloqu. c. 32. p. 360.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The evil - i. e., the main evil. See 1 Kings 21:19 note; and compare 1 Kings 22:38 with marginal reference.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 21:29. Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself — He did abase himself; he did truly repent him of his sins, and it was such a repentance as was genuine in the sight of God: He humbleth himself BEFORE ME.
The penitent heart ever meets the merciful eye of God; repentance is highly esteemed by the Father of compassion, even where it is comparatively shallow and short-lived. Any measure of godly sorrow has a proportionate measure of God's regard; where it is deep and lasting, the heart of God is set upon it. He that mourns shall be comforted; thus hath God spoken, and though repentance for our past sins can purchase no favour, yet without it God will not grant us his salvation.
