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 that his ministers made to him of the blasphemies and threatenings of Rabshakeh, the general of the Assyrian army:
that he rent his…
Barnes' Notes
When king Hezekiah heard it - Heard the account of the words of Rabshakeh Isa 36:22. That he rent his clothes - (See the note at Isa 36:22). He covered himself with sackcloth - (See the note at Isa…
We may observe here, 1. That the best way to baffle the malicious designs of our enemies against us is to be driven by them to God and to our duty and so to fetch meat out of the eater. Rabshakeh…
Cambridge Bible
wentinto the house of the Lord See Isa 37:14-15. Cf. 1Ki 8:33-34.
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