Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

That he rent

2 Kings 22:19
Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says the LORD.
2 Chronicles 34:19
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.
Jeremiah 36:24
Yet they were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Joel 2:13
And tear your hearts, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
Jonah 3:6
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.