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.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it,.... The report of Rabshakeh's speech, recorded in the preceding chapter:
that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth; rent his…
Barnes' Notes
Hezekiah, like his officers, probably rent his clothes on account of Rab-shakeh’s blasphemies: and he put on sackcloth in self-humiliation and in grief. The only hope left was in Yahweh, for Egypt…
The contents of Rabshakeh's speech being brought to Hezekiah, one would have expected (and it is likely Rabshakeh did expect) that he would call a council of war and it would be debated whether it was…
Cambridge Bible
2Ki 19:1-7. Hezekiah sends messengers to Isaiah. Isaiah's answer in the name of the Lord. (Not in Chronicles. Isa 37:1-7)
1. Hezekiah … covered himself with sackcloth No doubt the words which his…
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