ESV Reformation Study Bible – 1 Kings 21:29
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1 Kings 21:29

21:29 I will not bring the disaster in his days. God revises the punishment He gave in vv. 21–24. The penalty was not rescinded but delayed a generation due to God’s mercy.

his son’s days. That is, Joram (2 Kin. 9:25, 26). Though Ahab would not live to see the end of his dynasty, he and Jezebel died shameful deaths (22:37, 38; 2 Kin. 9:10, 34–37).