The reference to the entire land weeping with a loud voice as David and his followers pass, and to the king and all the people crossing the Brook Kidron, creates an image of the massive movement of the royal household and its followers away from Jerusalem. The weeping of the land—perhaps the people who remain or who line the path of the fleeing king—suggests the emotional character of the departure and the recognition of the consequences of the rebellion. The crossing of the Brook Kidron establishes the geographical boundary that David has crossed in leaving Jerusalem and moving toward the Jordan Valley, a physical manifestation of his exile. The verse creates a vivid image of the traumatic departure and the tears that accompany the king's flight from his capital.

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