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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him what the field commander had said. When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. He sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. …
Thomas Aquinas
In this part he shows how Ezechias fought against the blasphemies of the Assyrians with humility and prayers, and concerning this he does three things. First, he recounts how he went to the place of prayer, assuming the dress of humility: and covered himself with sackcloth: the word came to the king: and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed in sackcloth, and sat in ashes (Jonah 3:6).
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