2Ki 18:37 | TNotes | STEP | 18:37 tore their clothes in despair: This action could have been both a sign of sorrow over the situation in Jerusalem (see 6:30 ) and an indication of grief over the blasphemous insults of the Assyrian official (see 19:4-6 ).

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‏ 2 Kings 18:37

18:37 ^a tore their clothes in despair: This action could have been both a sign of sorrow over the situation in Jerusalem (see 6:30 ^b) and an indication of grief over the blasphemous insults of the Assyrian official (see 19:4-6 ^c).