2 Kings 19:1
And it came to pass when King Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 4:12And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Shiloh on that day: and his clothes were rent, and earth was upon his head.
1 Kings 21:29And they encamp one over against the other before them seven days. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the battle drew on, and Israel smote Syria, even a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
2 Kings 6:30And it came to pass, when the king of Israel heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he passed by on the wall, and the people saw sackcloth within upon his flesh.
2 Chronicles 7:15And now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
Ezra 9:3And when I heard this thing, I rent my garments, and trembled, and plucked some of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning.
Job 1:20So Job arose, and rent his garments, 1 And shaved the hair of his head, 1 And fell on the earth, and worshiped,
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 →