The account reads: “As soon as Ahab heard these words, he ripped his garments apart and put sackcloth on his body; and he went on a fast and kept lying down in sackcloth and walking despondently. ”
در رفتار او نشانه‌هایی از تواضع دیده می‌شد که قطعاً ابراز آن برای فردی مغرور و متکبّر مشکل است .‏