2 Chronicles 34:19

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

And it came to pass, when the king {H4428} had heard {H8085} the words {H1697} of the law {H8451}, that he rent {H7167} his clothes {H899}.

After the king had heard what was written in the Torah, he tore his clothes.

When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 7:6 (3 votes)

    ¶ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

  • Galatians 2:19 (2 votes)

    For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

  • Romans 3:20 (2 votes)

    Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

  • 2 Kings 22:19 (2 votes)

    Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 36:22 (2 votes)

    Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.

  • Jeremiah 36:24 (2 votes)

    Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, [neither] the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

  • 2 Kings 22:11 (2 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.