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1Ki 21:29 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Seest thou		Jer 7:17; Luk 7:44
Ahab		Exd 10:3; Psa 18:44; Psa 66:3; Psa 78:34-37
I will not		Psa 86:15; Eze 33:10,11; Mic 7:18; Rom 2:4; 2Pe 3:9
the evil in		See on 1Ki 21:21-23
in his son's days		2Ki 9:25,26,33-37; 2Ki 10:1-7,11

Correlating Passages

Seest thou

	Jer 7:17	Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
	Luk 7:44	And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped [them] with the hairs of her head.

Ahab

	Exd 10:3	And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
	Psa 18:44	As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
	Psa 66:3	Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
	Psa 78:34	When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
	Psa 78:35	And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
	Psa 78:36	Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
	Psa 78:37	For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

I will not

	Psa 86:15	But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
	Eze 33:10	Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins [be] upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
	Eze 33:11	Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
	Mic 7:18	Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.
	Rom 2:4	Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
	2Pe 3:9	The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

the evil in

	1Ki 21:21	Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
	1Ki 21:22	And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked [me] to anger, and made Israel to sin.
	1Ki 21:23	And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

in his son's days

	2Ki 9:25	Then said [Jehu] 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, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
	2Ki 9:26	Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of the LORD.
	2Ki 9:33	And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and [some] of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
	2Ki 9:34	And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed [woman], and bury her: for she [is] a king's daughter.
	2Ki 9:35	And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of [her] hands.
	2Ki 9:36	Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This [is] the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
	2Ki 9:37	And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; [so] that they shall not say, This [is] Jezebel.
	2Ki 10:1	And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's [children], saying,
	2Ki 10:2	Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons [are] with you, and [there are] with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
	2Ki 10:3	Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set [him] on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
	2Ki 10:4	But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
	2Ki 10:5	And he that [was] over the house, and he that [was] over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up [of the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We [are] thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou [that which is] good in thine eyes.
	2Ki 10:6	Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, [being] seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
	2Ki 10:7	And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him [them] to Jezreel.
	2Ki 10:11	So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 21:29," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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