¹¹ Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

¹⁹ Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

⁶ Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth ^(A)and sat in ashes. ^7 (B)And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his ^[a]nobles, saying,

²⁴ Yet they were ^(A)not afraid, nor did they ^(B)tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

¹⁹ because your ^(A)heart was tender, and you ^(B)humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become ^(C)a desolation and ^(D)a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the Lord.

⁶ Then Joshua ^(A)tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they ^(B)put dust on their heads.