²⁹ When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.^(A)

³⁴ Then Jacob tore his clothes,^(A) put on sackcloth^(B) and mourned for his son many days.^(C)

¹¹ Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore^(A) them.

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)

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold^(A)

19 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore^(B) his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord.

² He sent Eliakim^(A) the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests,^(B) all wearing sackcloth,^(C) to the prophet Isaiah^(D) son of Amoz.

¹¹ When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law,^(A) he tore his robes.

²² Then Eliakim^(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and Joah son of Asaph the recorder^(B) went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,^(C) and told him what the field commander had said.

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold^(A)

37 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes^(B) and put on sackcloth^(C) and went into the temple^(D) of the Lord.