2 Samuel 15:30
the ascent.Zec 14:4; Lu 19:29,37; 21:37; 22:39; Ac 1:12mount Olivet.Mount Olivet, so called from its abounding with olive trees, is situated east of Jerusalem, being separated from it only by the valley of Jehoshaphat and the brook Kidron. Josephus says it is five stadia, i.e., 625 geometrical paces from Jerusalem; and St. Luke (Ac 1:12) says it is a Sabbath day's journey, or about eight stadia distant, i.e., to the summit. It forms part of a ridge of limestone hills, extending from north to south for about a mile; and it is described as having three, or, according to others, four summits; the central and highest of which overlooks the whole of the city, over whose streets and walls the eye roves as if in the survey of a model. and wept as he went up. Heb. going up and weeping.Ps 42:3-11; 43:1,2,5; Lu 19:41his 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. 19:4; Es 6:12; Jer 14:3,4barefoot.Isa 20:2,4; Eze 24:17,23weeping.Ps 126:5,6; Mt 5:4; Ro 12:15; 1Co 12:262 Samuel 19:4
covered.15:30O my son.It is allowed by competent critics that the lamentation of David over his son, of which this forms a part, is exceedingly pathetic; and Calmet properly remarks, that the frequent repetition of the name of the deceased is common in the language of lamentation. 18:331 Corinthians 11:14
if.2Sa 14:26it is.14:35
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