Isaiah 37:1

And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

In Context

2And he sent Eliakim the steward, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah,

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:1And 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.

2 Chronicles 32:20And King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz prayed concerning these things, and they cried to heaven.

Isaiah 22:12And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:

Isaiah 37:14And Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and opened it before the Lord.

Jonah 3:5And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:1

In this chapter we have a further repetition of the story which we had before in the book of Kings concerning Sennacherib. In the foregoing chapter we had him conquering and threatening to conquer. In this chapter we have him falling, and at last fallen, in answer to prayer, and in fulfillment of many of the prophecies which we have met with in the foregoing chapters. Here we have, I. Hezekiah's pious reception of Rabshakeh's impious discourse, ver. 1 . II. The gracious message he sent to Isaiah to desire his… Read the whole commentary →

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