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Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 6:30	Strong Concordance	And it came to pass, when the king [04428] heard [08085] the words [01697] of the woman [0802], that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899]; and he passed by [05674] upon the wall [02346], and the people [05971] looked [07200], and, behold, he had sackcloth [08242] within [01004] upon his flesh [01320].
	King James	And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
had sackcloth within upon his flesh--The horrid recital of this domestic tragedy led the king soon after to rend his garment, in consequence of which it was discovered that he wore a penitential shirt of haircloth. It is more than doubtful, however, if he was truly humbled on account of his own and the nation's sins; otherwise he would not have vowed vengeance on the prophet's life. The true explanation seems to be, that Elisha having counselled him not to surrender, with the promise, on condition of deep humiliation, of being delivered, and he having assumed the signs of contrition without receiving the expected relief, regarded Elisha who had proved false and faithless as the cause of all the protracted distress.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

had sackcloth within upon his flesh--The horrid recital of this domestic tragedy led the king soon after to rend his garment, in consequence of which it was discovered that he wore a penitential shirt of haircloth. It is more than doubtful, however, if he was truly humbled on account of his own and the nation's sins; otherwise he would not have vowed vengeance on the prophet's life. The true explanation seems to be, that Elisha having counselled him not to surrender, with the promise, on condition of deep humiliation, of being delivered, and he having assumed the signs of contrition without receiving the expected relief, regarded Elisha who had proved false and faithless as the cause of all the protracted distress.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Sackcloth - Jehoram hoped perhaps to avert Yahweh's anger, as his father had done Kg1 21:29. But there was no spirit of self-humiliation, or of true pentitence in his heart Kg2 5:7. See the next verse.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
He had sackcloth within upon his flesh - The king was in deep mourning for the distresses of the people.

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⁷ And it came to pass, when the king [04428] of Israel [03478] had read [07121] the letter [05612], that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and said [0559], Am I God [0430], to kill [04191] and to make alive [02421], that this man [02088] doth send [07971] unto me to recover [0622] a man [0376] of his leprosy [06883]? wherefore [0389] consider [03045], I pray you, and see [07200] how he seeketh a quarrel [0579] against me.

²⁹ Seest [07200] thou how Ahab [0256] humbleth [03665] himself before [06440] me? because [03282] he humbleth [03665] himself before [06440] me, I will not bring [0935] the evil [07451] in his days [03117]: but in his son's [01121] days [03117] will I bring [0935] the evil [07451] upon his house [01004].