Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
He rent his clothes
Bible References
He rent his clothes
2 Kings 5:7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me.”
2 Kings 19:1 And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord.
1 Kings 21:27
It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.
Isaiah 58:5 “Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it for bowingone’s head like a reed
And for spreading outsackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even anacceptable day to the Lord?
Is it for bowing
And for spreading out
Will you call this a fast, even an