With ashes upon his face— Houbigant reads, with a bandage;—he had his eyes covered with a bandage. Several of the versions render it with a veil. See 1 Kings 20:41.
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1 Kings 20:38
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.