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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 15:30 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 15:30 |
Strong Concordance |
And David [01732] went up [05927] by the ascent [04608] of mount Olivet [02132], and wept [01058] as he went up [05927], and had his head [07218] covered [02645], and he went [01980] barefoot [03182]: and all the people [05971] that was with him covered [02645] every man [0376] his head [07218], and they went up [05927], weeping [01058] as they went up [05927]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet--The same pathway over that mount has been followed ever since that memorable day.
had his head covered--with a mourning wrapper. The humility and resignation of David marked strongly his sanctified spirit, induced by contrition for his transgressions. He had fallen, but it was the fall of the upright; and he rose again, submitting himself meekly in the meantime to the will of God [CHALMERS]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| His head covered - See the marginal references and Jer 14:3-4; Eze 24:17; the sign of deep mourning. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Ahithophel and Hushai. - Sa2 15:30, Sa2 15:31. When David was going by the height of the olive-trees, i.e., the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, with his head covered, and barefooted, as a sign of grief and mourning (see Est 6:12; Eze 24:17), and with the people who accompanied him also mourning, he received intelligence that Ahithophel (see at Sa2 15:12) was with Absalom, and among the conspirators. הגּיד ודוד gives no sense; for David cannot be the subject, because the next clause, "and David said," etc., contains most distinctly an expression of David's on receiving some information. Thenius would therefore alter הגּיד into the Hophal הגּד, whilst Ewald (131, a) would change it into הגּיד, an unusual form of the Hophal, "David was informed," according to the construction of the Hiphil with the accusative. But although this construction of the Hiphil is placed beyond all doubt by Job 31:37; Job 26:4, and Eze 43:10, the Hiphil is construed as a rule, as the Hophal always is, with ל of the person who receives information. Consequently דּוד must be altered into לדוד, and הגּיד taken as impersonal, "they announced to David." Upon receipt of this intelligence David prayed to the Lord, that He would "turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness," make it appear as folly, i.e., frustrate it, - a prayer which God answered (vid., Sa2 17:1.). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Barefoot - In testimony of his deep sorrow, and humiliation and shame for his sins. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Had his head covered - This was not only the attitude of a mourner, but even of a culprit; they usually had their heads covered when condemned. See the case of Haman. When the king had pronounced his condemnation, they immediately covered his face, and led him out to punishment; Est 7:8 (note). See also Quintus Curtius, De Philota, cap. vi.: I, Lictor; caput obnubito. |
17 Forbear [01826] to cry [0602], make [06213] no mourning [060] for the dead [04191], bind [02280] the tire of thine head [06287] upon thee, and put on [07760] thy shoes [05275] upon thy feet [07272], and cover [05844] not thy lips [08222], and eat [0398] not the bread [03899] of men [0582].
3 And their nobles [0117] have sent [07971] their little ones [06810] to the waters [04325]: they came [0935] to the pits [01356] [01360], and found [04672] no water [04325]; they returned [07725] with their vessels [03627] empty [07387]; they were ashamed [0954] and confounded [03637], and covered [02645] their heads [07218].
4 Because the ground [0127] is chapt [02865], for there was no rain [01653] in the earth [0776], the plowmen [0406] were ashamed [0954], they covered [02645] their heads [07218].
1 Moreover Ahithophel [0302] said [0559] unto Absalom [053], Let me now choose out [0977] twelve [08147] [06240] thousand [0505] men [0376], and I will arise [06965] and pursue [07291] after [0310] David [01732] this night [03915]:
10 Thou son [01121] of man [0120], shew [05046] the house [01004] to the house [01004] of Israel [03478], that they may be ashamed [03637] of their iniquities [05771]: and let them measure [04058] the pattern [08508].
4 To whom hast thou uttered [05046] words [04405]? and whose spirit [05397] came [03318] from thee?
37 I would declare [05046] unto him the number [04557] of my steps [06806]; as a prince [05057] would I go near [07126] unto him.
12 And Absalom [053] sent [07971] for Ahithophel [0302] the Gilonite [01526], David's [01732] counsellor [03289], from his city [05892], even from Giloh [01542], while he offered [02076] sacrifices [02077]. And the conspiracy [07195] was strong [0533]; for the people [05971] increased [07227] continually [01980] with Absalom [053].
17 Forbear [01826] to cry [0602], make [06213] no mourning [060] for the dead [04191], bind [02280] the tire of thine head [06287] upon thee, and put on [07760] thy shoes [05275] upon thy feet [07272], and cover [05844] not thy lips [08222], and eat [0398] not the bread [03899] of men [0582].
12 And Mordecai [04782] came again [07725] to the king's [04428] gate [08179]. But Haman [02001] hasted [01765] to his house [01004] mourning [057], and having his head [07218] covered [02645].
31 And one told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Ahithophel [0302] is among the conspirators [07194] with Absalom [053]. And David [01732] said [0559], O LORD [03068], I pray thee, turn the counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302] into foolishness [05528].
30 And David [01732] went up [05927] by the ascent [04608] of mount Olivet [02132], and wept [01058] as he went up [05927], and had his head [07218] covered [02645], and he went [01980] barefoot [03182]: and all the people [05971] that was with him covered [02645] every man [0376] his head [07218], and they went up [05927], weeping [01058] as they went up [05927].
8 Then the king [04428] returned [07725] out of the palace [01055] garden [01594] into the place [01004] of the banquet [04960] of wine [03196]; and Haman [02001] was fallen [05307] upon the bed [04296] whereon Esther [0635] was. Then said [0559] the king [04428], Will he force [03533] the queen [04436] also before me in the house [01004]? As the word [01697] went out [03318] of the king's [04428] mouth [06310], they covered [02645] Haman's [02001] face [06440].