²⁷ When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth^(A) and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.^(B)

³⁷ Then Eliakim^(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,^(B) and told him what the field commander had said.