:Some commentaries on Matthew 26:65 and Mark 14:63 (for example at biblehub.com, Benson commentary, Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, Barnes' Notes on the Bible) assert that the Bible also presents other serious occasions beside that in Matthew and Mark when the high priest tore his clothes in an outrage of grief and dismay without violating the Torah. They explicitly cite [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Kings-18-37/ 2 Kings 18:37]; [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Kings-19-1/ 19:1] and [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Kings-19-2/ 19:2]; [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1-Maccabees-2-14/ 1 Maccabees 2:14]; [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1-Maccabees-11-71/ 11:71]. However, for the simple reader of the Bible these verses by themselves prove nothing about the high priest tearing or "rending" his garments. A plain reading of these verses, put forth as examples of the high priest in the Old Testament legitimately rending or tearing his clothes, shows that the title of high priest is '''''not''''' mentioned in them—''not one of the men whose names are mentioned in these verses is designated as the high priest'' (sola scriptura). This is poor [[exegesis]].
:1 Maccabees 2 specifies that Mattathias is "a priest of the sons of Joarib" (1 Maccabees 2:1), that he had moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein because of the persecution, and that he tore his garments (2:14), but it does not say he is the high priest. <br>1 Maccabees 11:71 does not say that Jonathan is high priest. However, 1 Maccabees 9:73 and 10:18-20 '''''do''''' show first that Jonathan began to judge the people, and second (in 152 B.C.) that he is appointed by the Syrian King Alexander to be high priest ("''in the seventh month of the one hundred and sixtieth year''"), so that Jonathan is indeed high priest when he tears his clothes in 1 Maccabees 11:71—but citing this verse alone (11:71) as evidence without providing the textual context is not convincing.
:1 Maccabees 11:71 does not say that Jonathan is high priest. However, 1 Maccabees 9:73 and 10:18-20 '''''do''''' show first that Jonathan began to judge the people, and second (in 152 B.C.) that he is appointed by the Syrian King Alexander to be high priest ("''in the seventh month of the one hundred and sixtieth year''"), so that Jonathan is indeed high priest when he tears his clothes in 1 Maccabees 11:71—but citing this verse alone (11:71) as evidence without providing the textual context is not convincing. :The Bible nowhere states (sola scriptura) that Eliakim son of Hilkiah is high priest, particularly when he tears or "rends" his garments in 2 Kings 18:37, which has been cited as evidence that the high priest tore his garments as permitted by the law of Moses, and he is not mentioned in 2 Kings 19:1 where it is King Hezekiah who tears his own garments. See [https://biblehub.com/topical/e/eliakim.htm Bible links to '''Eliakim''' - Topical Bible (biblehub.com)]<br>It Instead, it is rather ''[[Josephus]] '' in [https://biblehub.com/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_4_how_amon_reigned.htm ''Antiquities'' 10.4.1 <nowiki>[55]</nowiki> and 10.4.2 <nowiki>[57]</nowiki><nowiki>[59]</nowiki>] who explicitly states that Eliakim is the high priest, in a passage that directly parallels 2 Kings 18–19.<br>In the Bible, in 2 Kings (sola scriptura), Eliakim son of Hilkiah is not called high priest, but it does say he tore his garments. The Bible and Josephus present parallels that stand as historical context in support of the argument that the high priest could legitimately rend his garments on hearing what he judged to be blasphemy. The evidence is "extra-biblical".
:Compare the expression of grief in [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2024:10-16&version=ESV Leviticus 24:10-16]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%2014:1-6&version=ESV Numbers 14:1-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%2014:13-15&version=ESV Acts 14:13-15].