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.
Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 20:38
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.