While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people were crossing over. The king was also crossing over the brook Kidron, and all the people were crossing over toward the way of the wilderness.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
- KJV And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
- BSB Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
- NKJV And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people crossed over. The king himself also crossed over the Brook Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the way of the wilderness.
- NLT Everyone cried loudly as the king and his followers passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley and then went out toward the wilderness.
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Quick answer
The whole land weeps loudly as David crosses the Kidron toward the wilderness. The sorrowful departure marks a grievous low for the king.
Overview
As David crosses the brook Kidron into the wilderness, the people lament aloud. The scene captures the anguish of the anointed king driven from his city. Notably, Jesus too would cross the Kidron on the night of his betrayal (John 18:1), linking David's path of suffering with the greater rejection of the Son of David.
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- 2 Sam 16:2The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.”
- John 18:1When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
- 1 Kgs 2:37For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”
- Luke 1:80The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
- Matt 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.”
- Matt 3:1In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
- Rom 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
- 1 Kgs 15:13He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chr 29:16The priests went into the inner part of Yahweh’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in Yahweh’s temple into the court of Yahweh’s house. The Levites took it from there to carry it out to the brook Kidron.
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