Isaiah 37:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XXXVII.

(1) Covered himself with sackcloth. — The king was probably accompanied by his ministers, all in the penitential sackcloth of mourners (Joel 1:8-13; Jonah 3:5-6).

Isaiah 37:1

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.