2 Kings 6:30

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.
  • 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said,“Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!”
  • 2 Kgs 19:1 : 1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.
  • Isa 58:5-7 : 5 Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD? 6 No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke. 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

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  • 2 Chr 34:19
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    19When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
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    11When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

  • 2 Kgs 6:28-29
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    79%

    28Then the king asked her,“What’s your problem?” She answered,“This woman said to me,‘Hand over your son; we’ll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.’

    29So we boiled my son and ate him. Then I said to her the next day,‘Hand over your son and we’ll eat him.’ But she hid her son!”

  • 1 Kgs 21:27-28
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    79%

    27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

    28The LORD’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite,

  • Isa 37:1
    79%

    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Kgs 19:1
    78%

    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Kgs 5:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said,“Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!”

    8When Elisha the prophet heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king,“Why did you tear your clothes? Send him to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    78%

    31Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.

  • 2 Kgs 6:26
    76%

    26While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him,“Help us, my master, O king!”

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
    75%

    31Then he said,“May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”

  • 2 Sam 1:11
    74%

    11David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

  • 2 Kgs 9:33-34
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    33He said,“Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her.

    34He went inside and had a meal. Then he said,“Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”

  • 2 Kgs 22:19
    72%

    19‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 11:30
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    30and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.

  • Jonah 3:6
    71%

    6When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

  • Isa 36:22
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    22Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

  • 2 Chr 34:27
    71%

    27‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.

  • Isa 22:12
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    12At that time the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

  • 2 Sam 3:31
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    31David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him,“Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed behind the funeral pallet.

  • 1 Sam 15:27
    71%

    27When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.

  • Esth 4:1-2
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    1Esther Decides to Risk Everything in order to Help Her People Now when Mordecai became aware of all that had been done, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the city, crying out in a loud and bitter voice.

    2But he went no further than the king’s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

  • 2 Kgs 8:6
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    6The king asked the woman about it, and she gave him the details. The king assigned a eunuch to take care of her request and ordered him,“Give her back everything she owns, as well as the amount of crops her field produced from the day she left the land until now.”

  • 1 Kgs 17:20
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    20Then he called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?”

  • Ezra 9:3
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    3When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.

  • Jer 36:24
    70%

    24Neither he nor any of his attendants showed any alarm when they heard all that had been read. Nor did they tear their clothes to show any grief or sorrow.

  • 2 Kgs 18:37
    70%

    37Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

  • 2 Kgs 3:27
    70%

    27So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel, so they broke off the attack and returned to their homeland.

  • 1 Kgs 20:31
    70%

    31His advisers said to him,“Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”

  • Jer 6:26
    70%

    26So I said,“Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”

  • 2 Sam 14:2
    70%

    2So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her,“Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.

  • 2 Sam 19:4
    69%

    4The king covered his face and cried out loudly,“My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

  • 2 Sam 13:19
    69%

    19Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went.

  • 2 Kgs 2:12
    69%

    12While Elisha was watching, he was crying out,“My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

  • 2 Sam 14:5-6
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    5The king replied to her,“What do you want?” She answered,“I am a widow; my husband is dead.

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    17He called his personal attendant and said to him,“Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!”

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  • Judg 11:35-36
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    35When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said,“Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the LORD, and I cannot break it.”

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    6Then all the color drained from the king’s face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.

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    34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.