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2 Samuel 2:1

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1 Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

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Arcana Coelestia #4778

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4778. 'And [Jacob] rent his clothes' means mourning for lost truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'rending clothes' as an act representative of mourning for lost truth, dealt with above in 4763.

  
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