Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 6:30

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 .

Partly, in Grief for such an horrid Fact: and partly, through Indignation at the Prophet, ver. 31.

Who were in great numbers upon the Wall, either to defend the City: or rather, to seek for relief from the Soldiers, for whose Provisions the King doubtless took special care, as it was necessary, for the preservation of the place.

Under his inner Garments, in token of his sorrow, and with a pretence of humiliation, which he would shew by outward signs, as his Father Ahab had done, not without some advantage to himself, 1 King. 21. 27, 28, 29.