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2 Kings 19:1

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 19:1

Verse 1 of 37

Scripture focus

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.

2 Kings 19:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 19:1

Theological / Devotional

Rent his clothes. Hezekiah thus expressed his distress at the prospects of a terrible siege facing Jerusalem. At any moment Jerusalem might be expected to bear the full brunt of Assyrian attack. The words of Sennacherib’s envoys were not idle threats.

Reliefs from the palaces of Nineveh and Khorsabad reveal the terrible cruelties of Assyria against places taken by siege. Unspeakable horrors were ahead if the siege of Jerusalem should begin in earnest. In his deep distress the king clothed himself in sackcloth and made his way to the Temple to place the matter before the Lord.

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