1 Kings 21:27
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When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.
Read 1 Kings 21:27 Using Other Translations
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
And when Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.
But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.
What does 1 Kings 21:27 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ver. 27 And it came to pass when Ahab heard these
words
Delivered in ( 1 Kings 21:21-24 ) ,
Delivered in ( 1 Kings 21:21-24 ) ,
that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon, his
flesh,
tore off his clothes, and stripped himself of all, even of his
very shirt, and put sackcloth on his bare flesh, a coarse cloth
made of hair, and such as sacks are made with:
and fasted,
how long it is not said:
and lay in sackcloth;
in the night on his bed, would have no linen on him day nor
night:
and went softly:
step by step, as persons mourning, grieving, and pensive, do; the
Targum renders it "barefoot", and so Jarchi.
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