2 Kings 19:1
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of LORD.
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1 Samuel 4:12And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with dirt upon his head.
1 Kings 21:29See thou how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles 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.
2 Kings 6:30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall). And the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth inside upon his flesh.
2 Chronicles 7:15Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attend to the prayer that is made in this place.
Ezra 9:3And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
Job 1:20Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:1
Jerusalem's great distress we read of in the foregoing chapter, and left it besieged, insulted, threatened, terrified, and just ready to be swallowed up by the Assyrian army. But in this chapter we have an account of its glorious deliverance, not by sword or bow, but by prayer and prophecy, and by the hand of an angel. I. Hezekiah, in great concern, sent to the prophet Isaiah, to desire his prayers ( ver. 1-5 ) and received from him an answer of peace, ver. 6, 7 . II. Sennacherib sent a letter to Hezekiah to… Read the whole commentary →