2 Samuel 15:23

“All the land was weeping with a loud voice as all the people crossed over; and the king crossed over the wadi Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the road of the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 15:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Samuel 15:23, word by word

the landאָרֶץarets

people

The people who live on the earth.

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was weepingבּוֹכִיםbochim

weep

Weep, cry; mourn for someone.

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with a loudגָּדוֹלgadol

loud

Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.

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voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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crossed overעֹבְרִיםovrim

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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and the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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the wadiנַחַלnachal

torrent

A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.

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Kidronקִדְרוֹןkidron

Kidron

See it on the mapWhere else “kidron” appears
towardפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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the roadדֶרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemKidron
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Kidron

    Today: Kidron Valley (Wadi en-Nar), Jerusalem

    The valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, east of the city.

    David crossed it as he fled from Absalom (2 Sam 15:23). Good kings burned idolatrous objects there (2 Kgs 23:4).

    2 Samuel 15:231 Kings 2:372 Kings 23:4

The context

22David said to Ittai, “Go and cross over.” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over, and all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

23 · This verse (above)

24And there was Zadok too, and all the Levites with him, carrying the ark of the covenant of Elohim; and they set down the ark of Elohim, and Abiathar went up, until all the people had finished crossing over from the city.

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