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

See thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

And having turned to the woman, he said to Simon, See thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gave no water for my feet. But this woman has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Ahab

And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long will thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

Say to God, How awesome are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee.

When he killed them, then they inquired after him, and they returned and sought God earnestly.

I will not

But thou, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

And thou, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?

Who is a God like to thee, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

Or do thou despise the wealth of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God guides thee to repentance?

The Lord is not slack about his promise, as some regard slackness, but is patient toward us, not wanting any to perish, but all to go forward to repentance.

The evil in

Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel.

In his son's days

Then [Jehu] said to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, LORD laid this burden upon him:

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up [the sons of] Ahab, saying,