2 Kings 19:1

And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard, that he rent his clothes,—and covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 sent Eliakim who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth,—unto Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz;

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:12And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and entered Shiloh on the same day,—with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

1 Kings 21:29Hast thou seen that Ahab hath humbled himself, before me? Because he hath humbled himself before me, I will not bring in the calamity in his days, In the days of his son, will I bring in the calamity upon his house.

2 Kings 6:30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes, while yet he was passing by upon the wall,—so the people looked, and lo! sackcloth upon his flesh, within.

2 Chronicles 7:15Now, mine eyes, shall be open, and, mine ears, attent,—to the prayer of this place.

Ezra 9:3When I heard this thing, I rent my garment, and my robe,—and tore out of the hair of my head and my beard, and sat stunned.

Job 1:20Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell to the earth 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 →

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