IT came to passe, &c.] 2 King. 19. 1, &c.
he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth] In sign of detestation, grief and repentance, Chap. 36. 22. Jonah 3:6.
with sackcloth] Heb. with sack. as 1 Kings 21:27. Daniel 9:3.
went into the house of the LORD] To pray, as vers. 14. 15. that he might in person himself also perform that office, which he requested in his behalf of the Prophet, vers. 4. Esther 4:16. Jonah 3:6-7.