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2 Samuel 15:30

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.

KJV

Porro David ascendebat clivum Olivarum, scandens et flens, nudis pedibus incedens, et operto capite : sed et omnis populus qui erat cum eo, operto capite ascendebat plorans.

Vulgate

καὶ Δαυεὶδ ἀνέβαινεν ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπικεκαλυμμένος, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπορεύετο ἀνυπόδετος· καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπεκάλυψεν ἀνὴρ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέβαινον ἀναβαίνοντες καὶ κλαίοντες.

LXX

And David went up by the ascent of themount ofOlives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

ASV

וְ/דָוִ֡ד עֹלֶה֩ בְ/מַעֲלֵ֨ה הַ/זֵּיתִ֜ים עֹלֶ֣ה וּ/בוֹכֶ֗ה וְ/רֹ֥אשׁ ל/וֹ֙ חָפ֔וּי וְ/ה֖וּא הֹלֵ֣ךְ יָחֵ֑ף וְ/כָל הָ/עָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֗/וֹ חָפוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ וְ/עָל֥וּ עָלֹ֖ה וּ/בָכֹֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People David
Places Mount of Olives

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
זַ֔יִת
zyt
noun · 37×
חָפ֥וּ
chpv
verb · 12×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יָחֵ֑ף
ychp
adjective · 5×
יֵּ֥בְךְּ
ybk
verb · 115×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַעֲלֵ֣ה
m'lh
noun · 18×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 11:4 — Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
  • 2Sam 16:1 — And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunche
  • 2Sam 19:4 — But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
  • 2Sam 19:4 — But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
  • Acts 1:12 — Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
  • Esth 6:12 — And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
  • Esth 6:12 — And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
  • Ezek 24:17 — Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
  • Ezek 24:17 — Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
  • Ezek 24:23 — And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
  • Isa 20:2 — At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
  • Jer 14:3 — And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads
  • Jer 14:3 — And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads
  • Job 9:24 — The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
  • Luke 19:29 — And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
  • Luke 19:37 — And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had
  • Luke 19:41 — And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
  • Luke 21:37 — And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
  • Luke 22:39 — And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
  • Zech 14:4 — And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and