1 Kings 21:27

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those [Heb. these ] words [verses 21-24, and others not recorded], that he rent his clothes [cf. 2 Samuel 13:19 ; Job 1:20 ; Job 2:12 ; Jeremiah 36:24 , etc.], and put sackcloth upon his flesh [ 1 Kings 20:31 ; 2 Kings 6:1-33 :80; Joel 1:8 ; 2 Samuel 21:10 , Heb.] , and fasted, and lay [ i.e; slept] in sackcloth, and went softly. [All these were signs of contrition and humiliation (verse 29). The "going softly"—Josephus says he went barefoot—is especially characteristic of the subdued and chastened mind.]