2 Chronicles 34:19

2 Chronicles 34:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
• New International Version (NIV)When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his robes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When the king heard what was written in the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.

Context of 2 Chronicles 34:19

17And they have gathered the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen.” 18Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king. Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes. 20Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying, 21“Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for those who are left in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book.”

2 Chronicles 34:19 word by word

וַיְהִי֙ כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֣י הַתּוֹרָ֑ה וַיִּקְרַ֖ע אֶת־בְּגָדָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, when the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• had heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• that he rentקָרַעqâra‛ · to tearH7167
• his clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 34:19

• Romans 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”
• Galatians 2:19For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.
• Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
• 2 Kings 19:1And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
• 2 Kings 22:11Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes.
• Jeremiah 36:22Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning on the hearth before him.
• Joel 2:13So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 34:19

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. when the king had heard the words of the law, &c.--(See on 2Ki 22:11-20; 23:1-3).Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings