Ashes - Rather, “a bandage” (and in 1 Kings 20:41). The purpose of the wound and bandage was twofold. Partly, it was to prevent …

Ashes upon his face. —It should be a “bandage over his head,” to cover his face, and to accord with the appearance of a wounded so…

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way ,
&c.] As he went from Aphek, the place where the battle…

Sinners have this encouragement to repent and humble themselves before God: Have we not heard that the God of Israel is a merciful God? Have we not…