1 Kings 20:38

waited for the king by the way He wished to intercept Ahab just as he was coming from his interview with Ben-hadad. A parallel this to the lion meeting the disobedient prophet as soon as he had departed from his fellow.

and disguised himself With this action may be compared the assumed mourning garb of the widow of Tekoah (2 Samuel 14:2).

with ashes upon his face R.V. with his head band over his eyes. The A. V. is the rendering of the Vulg. and Syriac, and is the result of taking אֲפֵר in the text as the same אֵפֶר which means -dust", -ashes". The LXX. has the true sense in τελαμών = a bandage, while the Chaldee translates it as -a veil". When the proper meaning is given to the first word, the common rendering -eyes" for the second can be brought in.