2 Kings 6:30 meaning and explanation
When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
2 Kings 6:30, Berean Standard Bible
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The king is Jehoram of Israel, walking the wall of besieged Samaria, where famine has driven a woman to beg him to intervene after she and another mother boiled and ate her son. His tearing of clothes is the customary Near Eastern gesture of grief and horror.
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