1 Kings 21:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth 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.

Seest thou

Jeremiah 7:17

Luke 7:44

Ahab

I will not

2 Peter 3:9

The evil in

1 Kings 21:21

In his son's days

2 Kings 9:25

2 Kings 10:1

Bible References

Seest thou

Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

Ahab

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners

submit to me.

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will

give feigned obedience to You.

When He killed them, then they sought Him,
And returned and searched diligently for God;

I will not

But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus you have spoken, saying, “Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we survive?”’

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

The evil in

Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel;

In his son's days

Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Take him up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that the Lord laid this oracle against him:

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Ahab, saying,