1 Kings 21:25-29
New English Translation
25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed[a] to doing evil in the sight of[b] the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.[c] 26 He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols,[d] just as the Amorites[e] whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)
27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected. 28 The Lord’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite, 29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse[f] 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.”[g]
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- 1 Kings 21:25 tn Heb “who sold himself.”
- 1 Kings 21:25 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
- 1 Kings 21:25 tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”
- 1 Kings 21:26 tn The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (ʾelilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).
- 1 Kings 21:26 tn Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”
- 1 Kings 21:29 tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.
- 1 Kings 21:29 tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”
1 Kings 21:25-29
English Standard Version
Ahab's Repentance
25 ((A)There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited. 26 He acted very abominably in going after (B)idols, as (C)the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the people of Israel.)
27 And when Ahab heard those words, he (D)tore his clothes and (E)put sackcloth on his flesh and (F)fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly. 28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 “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; (G)but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”
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