As touching the words which thou hast heard, &c.— Because thy heart was terrified at the words which thou hast heard, and thou hast humbled, &c. Houbigant. See also 2 Chronicles 34:26.
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2 Kings 22:18-19
18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
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.