When the king had heard the words he rent his clothes Were the things contained in Scripture new to us, as they were here to Josiah, surely they would make deeper impressions upon us than they commonly do. But they are not the less weighty, and therefore should not be the less regarded, because they are well known.
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2 Chronicles 34:19
19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.