2 Samuel 15:30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The ascent

Acts 1:12

And wept as he went up

Psalm 42:3

Psalm 43:1

Luke 19:41

His head covered

2 Samuel 19:4

Esther 6:12

Jeremiah 14:3

Barefoot

Isaiah 20:2

Ezekiel 24:17

Weeping

Bible References

The ascent

On that day his feet will stand on {the Mount of Olives}, which faces Jerusalem on [the] east; and {the Mount of Olives} will be split {in half}, from east to west, [by] a very great valley; and half of the mountain will withdraw toward the north, and the other half toward the south.

And it happened that when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the hill called [the Mount] of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

So [throughout] the days he was teaching in the temple [courts], and [throughout] the nights he was going out [and] spending the night on the hill that is called [the Mount] of Olives.

And he went away [and] proceeded, according to [his] custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed him.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain that is called Olive Grove which is near Jerusalem, {a Sabbath day's journey away}.

And wept as he went up

My tears have been my food day and night, while [they] say to me all day [long], "Where [is] your God?"

Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an unfaithful nation. From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,

And when he approached [and] saw the city, he wept over it,

His head covered

and because the king had covered his face and cried with a loud voice, "My son, Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son."

Then Mordecai returned to the gate of the king, and Haman rushed to his house mournful and with his head covered.

And their nobles send their servants for water. They come to [the] pits, they find no water. They return [with] their vessels {empty}. They are ashamed, and they are confounded, and they cover their heads.

Barefoot

at that time, Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, "Go and loosen the sackcloth from your loins, and take off your sandals from your feet," and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot.

Sigh in silence [for the] dead; you shall not make a mourning ceremony. Bind your turban on you, and you must put your sandals on your feet. You must not cover your [upper] lip, and the bread of {mourners} you shall not eat."

Weeping

Those who sow with tears shall reap with rejoicing.

Blessed [are] the ones who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer together; if a member is honored, all the members rejoice with [it].