2 Kings 6:30

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within upon his flesh.

Ver. 30. He rent his clothes.] He said nothing to the case propounded, because it was horrid and hard to be judged. But this cruel mother should have died for a murderess.