2 Chronicles 34:19

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

2 Chronicles 18:29

18:29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter¹ the battle; but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle.

2 Chronicles 18:9

18:9 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at² the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

2 Chronicles 23:13

23:13 Then she saw³ the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!”⁴

2 Chronicles 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king⁵ went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah,⁶ the supervisor of the wardrobe.⁷ (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh⁸ district.) They stated their business,⁹

2 Chronicles 34:27

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit¹⁰ 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.

¹tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives (see IBHS 594 §35.5.2a). Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.

¹tn Heb “at,” which in this case probably means “near.”

¹tn Heb “and she saw, and behold.”

²tn Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

¹tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

²tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

³tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

⁴tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

⁵tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”

¹tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”