Teks -- 1 Kings 20:38 (NET)

20:38 The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: 1Ki 20:38 - With ashes

Or, with a cloath, or band; (as the Hebrew doctors understand the word) whereby he bound up his wound, which probably was in his face; for it was to be made in a conspicuous place, that it might be visible to Ahab and others.

JFB: 1Ki 20:35-38 - Smite me

This prophet is supposed (1Ki 20:8) to have been Micaiah. The refusal of his neighbor to smite the prophet was manifestly wrong, as it was a withholding of necessary aid to a prophet in the discharge of a duty to which he had been called by God, and it was severely punished [1Ki 20:36], as a beacon to warn others (see on 1Ki. 13:2-24). The prophet found a willing assistant, and then, waiting for Ahab, leads the king unconsciously, in the parabolic manner of Nathan (2Sa 12:1-4), to pronounce his own doom; and this consequent punishment was forthwith announced by a prophet (see on 1Ki 21:17).

Clarke: 1Ki 20:38 - Disguised himself with ashes upon his face

Disguised himself with ashes upon his face - It does not immediately appear how putting ashes upon his face could disguise him. Instead of אפר apher , dust, Houbigant conjectures that it should be אפד aphad , a fillet or bandage. It is only the corner of the last letter which makes the difference; for the ד daleth and ר resh are nearly the same, only the shoulder of the former is square, the latter round. That bandage, not dust, was the original reading, seems pretty evident from its remains in two of the oldest versions, the Septuagint and the Chaldee; the former has Και κατεδησατο εν τελαμωνι τους οφθαλμους αυτου, "And he bound his eyes with a fillet."The latter has וכריך במעפריאעינוהי ukerich bemaaphira einohi ; "And he covered his eyes with a cloth."The MSS. of Kennicott and De Rossi contain no various reading here; but bandage is undoubtedly the true one. However, in the way of mortification, both the Jews and Hindoos put ashes upon their heads and faces, and make themselves sufficiently disgusting.

TSK: 1Ki 20:38 - disguised

disguised : 1Ki 14:2, 1Ki 22:30; 2Sa 14:2; Mat 6:16

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 1Ki 20:38 - With ashes

That he might sooner gain access to the king, and audience from him . See Poole "1Ki 20:35" .

With ashes whereby he changed the colour of it. Or, with a veil , or cloth , or band , (as the Hebrew doctors understand the word,) whereby he might seem to have bound up his wound, which probably was in his face; for it was to be made in a very conspicuous place, that it might be visible to Ahab and others.

Haydock: 1Ki 20:38 - Dust

Dust. Chaldean and Septuagint, "he tied a veil," &c. Apher has both meanings.

Gill: 1Ki 20:38 - So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way // and disguised himself with ashes upon his face

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way,.... As he went from Aphek, the place where the battle had been fought, to Samaria, his royal seat:

and disguised himself with ashes upon his face; the Targum is, he covered his eyes with a vail, or piece of cloth, which he wrapped about his head, as men do when they have got a wound or bruise in such a part, which seems very probable; for had he besmeared his face with ashes, clay, or dust, or any such thing, he could not so easily have got it off, as in 1Ki 20:41.