2 Samuel 15:30
But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Note and wept…: Heb. going up and weeping
David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. All the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the ascent
- Zechariah 14:4; Luke 19:29, 37; Luke 21:37; Luke 22:39; Acts 1:12
- and wept as he went up
- Heb. going up and weeping.
- Psalm 42:3–11; Psalm 43:1, 2, 5; Luke 19:41
- his head covered
- This custom was only practised by persons in great distress, or when convicted of great crimes. Thus Darius, when informed by Tyriotes, the eunuch, that his queen was dead, and that she had suffered no violence from Alexander, covered his head, and wept a long time; then throwing off the garment that covered him, he thanked the gods for Alexander's moderation and justice.
- 2 Samuel 19:4; Esther 6:12; Jeremiah 14:3, 4
- barefoot
- Isaiah 20:2, 4; Ezekiel 24:17, 23
- weeping
- Psalm 126:5, 6; Matthew 5:4; Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26