he rent: Genesis 37:34; 2 Kings 6:30, 2 Kings 18:37; Jonah 3:6
lay in sackcloth: 2 Samuel 12:17; Job 16:15; Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 58:5-8; Joel 1:13
went softly: Isaiah 38:15
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1 Kings 21:27
1 Kings 21:27
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