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2 Chronicles 34:19

RepentanceGod's wordGriefGuilt and conscience

17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

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

20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

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BSB
When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes
KJV
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
WEB
When the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
ASV
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
DARBY
And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments.
BLB
And it came to pass, in the king hearing the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes.
ÅB
Da kongen hørte lovens ord, sønderrev han sine klær.
OTB
Da kongen hørte lovens ord, rev han sine klær.
B1930
Da kongen hørte lovens ord, sønderrev han sine klær.

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  • Joshua 7:6

    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.

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  • 2 Kings 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 desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

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  • Romans 7:7–11

    What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

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  • 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.

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  • 2 Kings 19:1

    And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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  • Galatians 2:19

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

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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.

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  • Galatians 3:10–13

    For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

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