2 Kings 5:7

New Century Version

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes to show how upset he was. He said, “I’m not God! I can’t kill and make alive again! Why does this man send someone with a skin disease for me to heal? You can see that the king of Aram is trying to start trouble with me.”

Cross References

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with her and said, “Can I do what only God can do? He is the one who has kept you from having children.”

Genesis 37:29

When Reuben came back to the well and Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes to show he was upset.

Genesis 50:19

Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Can I do what only God can do?

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David tore his clothes to show his sorrow, and all the men with him did also.

1 Kings 20:7

Then Ahab called a meeting of all the elders of his country. He said, “Ben-Hadad is looking for trouble. First he said I had to give him my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I have not refused him.”

2 Kings 11:14

She looked, and there was the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was. The officers and trumpeters were standing beside him, and all the people of the land were very happy and were blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Traitors! Traitors!”

2 Kings 18:37

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah tore their clothes to show how upset they were. (Eliakim son of Hilkiah was the palace manager, Shebna was the royal secretary, and Joah son of Asaph was the recorder.) The three men went to Hezekiah and told him what the field commander had said.

2 Kings 5:6

He brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “I am sending my servant Naaman to you so you can heal him of his skin disease.”

Jeremiah 36:24

King Jehoiakim and his servants heard everything that was said, but they were not frightened! They did not tear their clothes to show their sorrow.

Daniel 2:11

the king is asking something that is too hard. Only the gods could tell the king this, but the gods do not live among people.”

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let’s go back to the Lord. He has hurt us, but he will heal us. He has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds.

Numbers 14:6

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who had explored the land, tore their clothes.

Matthew 26:65

When the high priest heard this, he tore his clothes and said, “This man has said things that are against God! We don’t need any more witnesses; you all heard him say these things against God.

Luke 11:54

trying to catch him saying something wrong.

Acts 14:14

But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes. They ran in among the people, shouting,

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish they were wise and understood this; I wish they could see what will happen to them.

Deuteronomy 32:39

“Now you will see that I am the one God! There is no god but me. I send life and death; I can hurt, and I can heal. No one can escape from me.

1 Samuel 2:6

“The Lord sends death, and he brings to life. He sends people to the grave, and he raises them to life again.