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. 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.
The verse takes place during the Syrian siege of Samaria, when famine brought severe distress upon the city. When the king tore his clothes after hearing the words of the woman while passing along the wall, the people looked and saw that he wore sackcloth underneath against his skin. That hidden sackcloth was a sign of mourning and distress. Elisha was himself one of the sufferers inside the besieged city, yet the famine drove the people to demand that the king kill him. Their attack on the prophet reflected the belief that silencing the messenger who warns of wrongdoing will bring relief, though the warning message is God's own and the messenger is only His visible representative.