5:8 When Elisha the prophet 1 heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him 2 to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”
18:37 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn 3 and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
1 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).
2 tn Heb “Let him come.”
3 sn As a sign of grief and mourning.