2 Chronicles 34 · Verse 19

2 Chronicles 34:19

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
2 Chronicles 34:19, King James Version

2 Chronicles 34:19 in other translations

BSBWhen the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes
WEBWhen the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
ASVAnd it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments,
DARBYAnd it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments.
BBEAnd the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.
WebsterAnd it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

What does 2 Chronicles 34:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. when the king had heard the words of the law, &c.--(See on 2Ki 22:11-20; 23:1-3).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

2 Chronicles 34:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961
כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַkish.Mo.a'when heardH8085
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697
הַתּוֹרָ֑הha.to.Rahthe lawH8451
וַיִּקְרַ֖עvai.yik.Ra'and he toreH7167
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּגָדָֽיו\׃be.ga.Davclothes hisH899

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 34:19

  • Joshua 7:6

    And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

  • 2 Kings 22:19

    Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

  • Romans 7:7-11

    What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. …

  • Joel 2:13

    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  • 2 Kings 19:1

    And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

  • Galatians 2:19

    For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

  • 2 Kings 22:11

    And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

  • Galatians 3:10-13

    For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  • Deuteronomy 28:3-68

    Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. …

  • Jeremiah 36:22-24

    Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

  • Romans 3:20

    Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the words.
Ro 3:20; 7:7-11; Ga 2:19; 3:10-13
that he rent.
2Ki 19:1; 22:11,19; Jer 36:22-24; Joe 2:13

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 34:18

    Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:19

    And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:20

    And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

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2 Chronicles 34:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y luego que el rey oyó las palabras de la ley, rasgó sus vestidos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva, quand le roi entendit les paroles de la loi, qu’il déchira ses vêtements.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah, als der König die Worte des Gesetzes hörte, da zerriß er seine Kleider.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
audissetque ille verba legis, scidit vestimenta sua: