Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.

Laid her

General references

Bible References

Put ashes

2 Samuel 1:2
it came to pass on the third day that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent and earth upon his head, and so it was when he came to David, that he fell to the earth and did obeisance.
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, putting dust upon their heads.
Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept; and each one rent his mantle and sprinkled dust upon his head toward heaven.
Job 42:6
Therefore, I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

Laid her

Jeremiah 2:37
Thou shalt also go forth from him with thine hands upon thine head; for the LORD has rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

General references

Genesis 44:13
Then they rent their clothes, and each one laded his ass, and they returned to the city.