1 Kings 21:29

²⁹ Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 29. That so long as he is in external humility, full vastation will not take place; but it will occur when falsity in him is fully matured.