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2 Kings 22:11

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

KJV

et audisset rex verba libri legis Domini, scidit vestimenta sua.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοὺς λόγους βιβλίου τοῦ νόμου, καὶ διέρρηξεν τὰ ἱμάτια ἑαυτοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַֽ/יְהִי֙ כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶת דִּבְרֵ֖י סֵ֣פֶר הַ/תּוֹרָ֑ה וַ/יִּקְרַ֖ע אֶת בְּגָדָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ו
v
noun · 218×
י
y
noun · 221×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּקְרַ֣ע
yqr'
verb · 63×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 34:19 — And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
  • 2Kgs 22:19 — 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 desola
  • 2Kgs 22:19 — 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 desola
  • Amos 2:4 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, a
  • Jer 36:24 — Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
  • Joel 2:13 — And rend your heart, 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 repenteth him of the evil.
  • 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 him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.