2 Samuel 15:23

15:23 All the land was weeping loudly ¹  as all these people were leaving. ²  As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving ³  on the road that leads to the desert.

2 Samuel 15:1

Absalom Leads an Insurrection against David

15:1 Some time later Absalom managed to acquire ⁴  a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 15:13

David Flees from Jerusalem

15:13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!” ⁶ 

2 Samuel 15:2

15:2 Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, ⁷  am from one of the tribes of Israel.”

2 Samuel 23:6

23:6 But evil people are like thorns –

all of them are tossed away,

for they cannot be held in the hand.

2 Samuel 23:12

23:12 But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended ⁸  it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

2 Samuel 23:2

23:2 The Lord’s spirit spoke through me;

his word was on my tongue.

2 Samuel 15:16

15:16 So the king and all the members of his royal court ⁹  set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines ¹⁰  to attend to the palace.

2 Samuel 1:14

1:14 David replied to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

Jeremiah 31:40

31:40 The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown ¹¹  and all the terraced fields ¹²  out to the Kidron Valley ¹³  on the east as far north ¹⁴  as the Horse Gate ¹⁵  will be included within this city that is sacred to the Lord. ¹⁶  The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”

¹ tn Heb “with a great voice.”

² tn Heb “crossing over.”

³ tn Heb “crossing near the face of.”

⁴ tn Heb “acquired for himself.”

⁵ tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

⁶ tn Heb “the heart of the men of Israel is with Absalom.”

⁷ tn Heb “your servant.” So also in vv. 8, 15, 21.

⁸ tn Heb “delivered.”

⁹ tn Heb “and all his house.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “women, concubines.”

¹¹ sn It is generally agreed that this refers to the Hinnom Valley which was on the southwestern and southern side of the city. It was here where the people of Jerusalem had burned their children as sacrifices and where the Lord had said that there would be so many dead bodies when he punished them that they would be unable to bury all of them (cf. Jer 7:31-32). Reference here may be to those dead bodies and to the ashes of the cremated victims. This defiled place would be included within the holy city.

¹² tc The translation here follows the Qere and a number of Hebrew mss in reading שְׁדֵמוֹת (shÿdemot) for the otherwise unknown word שְׁרֵמוֹת (shÿremot) exhibiting the common confusion of ר (resh) and ד (dalet). The fields of Kidron are mentioned also in 2 Kgs 23:4 as the place where Josiah burned the cult objects of Baal.

¹³ sn The Kidron Valley is the valley that joins the Hinnom Valley in the southeastern corner of the city and runs northward on the east side of the city.

¹⁴ tn The words “on the east” and “north” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation to give orientation.

¹⁵ sn The Horse Gate is mentioned in Neh 3:28 and is generally considered to have been located midway along the eastern wall just south of the temple area.

¹⁶ tn The words “will be included within this city that is” are not in the text. The text merely says that “The whole valley…will be sacred to the Lord.” These words have been supplied in the translation because they are really implicit in the description of the whole area as being included within the new city plan, not just the Hinnom and terraced fields as far as the Kidron Valley.