1 Kings 21:27 (WEB)
When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.
Catechism · 1
“Envy can lead to the worst crimes.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:3-7; 1 Kings 21:1-29.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“AndSodom and Gomorrha might have appeased it, had they been willing to repent, and through the aid of fasting gain for themselves tears of repentance.Ahab, the most impious of kings, by fasting and wearing sackcloth, succeeded in escaping the sentence of God, and in deferring the overthrow of his house to the…” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 27–29.
Read the whole comment“Yet when Ahab heard these words “he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted…in sackcloth, and went softly.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 27.
Read the whole comment““And it came to pass”—the passage goes on—“when Ahab heard those words that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth…and the word of the Lord came to Elijah saying, Because Ahab humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 27–29.
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John Chrysostom
“On this account he clothed himself in sackcloth, and shed fountains of tears. ( 1 Kings xxi. 27.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“How ready to forgive Ahab, the husband of Jezebel, the blood of Naboth, when he deprecated His anger.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 27, 29.
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