Their king “rose up from his throne and put off his official garment from himself and covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the ashes. ”
حَتَّى إِنَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ « قَامَ عَنْ عَرْشِهِ وَخَلَعَ رِدَاءَهُ ٱلرَّسْمِيَّ عَنْهُ ،‏ وَتَغَطَّى بِمِسْحٍ وَجَلَسَ فِي ٱلرَّمَادِ » .‏