2 Kings 18:37

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

With their clothes rent

General references

Isaiah 36:21

Bible References

With their clothes rent

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes [in shock and outrage at the request] and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me [a request] to heal a man of his leprosy? Just consider [what he is asking] and see how he is seeking an opportunity [for a battle] with me.”

Now when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

Now Reuben [unaware of what had happened] returned to the pit, and [to his great alarm found that] Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his clothes [in deep sorrow].

Then Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head [in mourning for the children], and he fell to the ground and worshiped [God].

Now look, their brave men shout outside;
The ambassadors [seeking a treaty] of peace weep bitterly.

But they kept silent and did not say a word to him in reply, for King Hezekiah’s command was, “Do not answer him.”

Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their clothes.

Then the high priest tore his robes [in mock horror] and exclaimed, “He has blasphemed [by making Himself God’s equal]! What further need have we of witnesses or evidence? See, you have now heard the blasphemy.

General references

But they kept silent and did not say a word to him in reply, for King Hezekiah’s command was, “Do not answer him.”