New Revised Standard Version
When the king heard the words of the law he tore his clothes.

Contemporary English Version
When Josiah heard what was in The Book of God's Law, he tore his clothes in sorrow.

New American Bible
When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his garments.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had heard the words of the law, he rent his garments:

And when he had heard the words of the law, he rent his garments:

the words

Romans 3:20 Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:7-11 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid! But I do not know sin, but by the law. For I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet. . . .

Galatians 2:19 For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God; with Christ I am nailed to the cross.

Galatians 3:10-13 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: Cursed is every one that abideth, not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. . . .

that he rent

2 Kings 19:1 And when king Ezechias heard these words, he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 22:11,19 And the king had heard the words of the law of the Lord, he rent his garments. . . .

Jeremiah 36:22-24 Now the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month: and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals. . . .

Joel 2:13 And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.