2 Samuel 15 · Verse 23

2 Samuel 15:23

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.
2 Samuel 15:23, King James Version

2 Samuel 15:23 in other translations

BSBEveryone 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.
WEBAll 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd all the land are weeping--a great voice, and all the people are passing over; and the king is passing over through the brook Kidron, and all the people are passing over on the front of the way of the wilderness;
DARBYAnd all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over; the king also himself passed over the torrent Kidron, and all the people passed over, towards the way of the wilderness.
BBEAnd there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.
WebsterAnd 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, towards the way of the wilderness.

What does 2 Samuel 15:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. the brook Kidron--a winter torrent that flows through the valley between the city and the eastern side of the Mount of Olives.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 The brook Kidron - This was an inconsiderable brook, and only furnished with water in winter, and in the rains. See Joh 18:1.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:13-23

David determined to quit Jerusalem. He took this resolve, as a penitent submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom he could justify himself, and stand out; but before the righteous God he must condemn himself, and yield to his judgments. Thus he accepts the punishment of his sin. And good men, when they themselves suffer, are anxious that others should not be led to suffer with them. He compelled none; those…

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2 Samuel 15:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
בּוֹכִים֙bo.Khim[were] weepingH1058
ק֣וֹלKola voiceH6963
גָּד֔וֹלga.DolgreatH1419
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
עֹֽבְרִ֑ים'oe.Rim[were] passing byH5674
וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhand the kingH4428
עֹבֵר֙'o.Ver[was] passingH5674
בְּנַ֣חַלbe.Na.chalin [the] wadi ofH5158
קִדְר֔וֹןkid.RonKidronH6939
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
עֹבְרִ֔ים'oe.Rim[were] passing onH5674
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵי\־pe.nei-[the] face ofH6440
דֶ֖רֶךְDe.rekh[the] roadH1870
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ha.mid.Barthe wildernessH4057

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 15:23

  • 2 Samuel 16:2

    And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

  • 1 Kings 2:37

    For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

  • John 18:1

    When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

  • Matthew 3:3

    For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:16

    And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

  • 1 Kings 15:13

    And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

  • Luke 1:80

    And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

  • Matthew 3:1

    In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

  • Romans 12:15

    Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all the country.
Ro 12:15
the brook.The brook Kidron, which is but a few paces broad, runs along the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of Jerusalem, to the south-west corner of the city, and then, turning to the south-east, empties itself into the Dead Sea. Like the Ilissus, it is dry at least nine months in the year, being only furnished with water in the winter, and after heavy rains: its bed is narrow and deep, which indicates that it must formerly have been the channel for waters which have found some other, and probably subterraneous course.
Kidron.
1Ki 2:37; Joh 18:1
Cedron. the wilderness.
16:2; Mt 3:1,3; Lu 1:80

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 15:22

    And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

  • 2 Samuel 15:23

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 15:24

    And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

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2 Samuel 15:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y todo el país lloró en alta voz; pasó luego toda la gente el torrente de Cedrón; asimismo pasó el rey, y todo el pueblo pasó, al camino que va al desierto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tout le pays pleurait à haute voix, et tout le peuple passait; et le roi passa le torrent du Cédron, et tout le peuple passa en face du chemin du désert.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das ganze Land weinte mit lauter Stimme, und alles Volk ging hinüber. Und der König ging über den Bach Kidron; und alles Volk zog hinüber nach dem Wege zur Wüste hin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnesque flebant voce magna, et universus populus transibat: rex quoque transgrediebatur torrentem Cedron, et cunctus populus incedebat contra viam quæ respicit ad desertum.