Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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1 Kings 20:38
Ashes - Rather, "a bandage" (and in I Kings 20:41). The object of the wound and bandage was double. Partly, it was to prevent Ahab from recognizing the prophet' s face; partly, to induce him to believe that the man had really been engaged in the recent war.
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