תלמוד על דברי הימים ב 32:4

HALAKHAH: “The order of burning,” etc. Why does one not use the hard cloth alone? One said, that he should not die³¹To avoid strangling him.; as we find that when Hezekias closed the waters of the upper Giḥon spring³²2Chr. 32:2,4., he stopped it with soft clothing.