World English Bible
1 Kings 21:29
“See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 21
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It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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