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2 Kings 22:11 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 22 · verse 11
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.2 Kings 22:11 · King James Version
2 Kings 22:11 in context
9And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
10And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
11And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
13Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- clothesbegeda coveringH899 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- bookçêpherproperly, writingH5612 →
- rentqâraʻto rend, literally or figurativelyH7167 →
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We hear no more of the repairing of the temple: no doubt that good work went on well; but the book of the law that was found in it occupies us now, and well it may. It is not laid up in the king's cabinet as a piece of antiquity, a rarity to be admired, but it is read before the king.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-20