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.
Mount of Olives in the Bible
The Mount of Olives is the ridge immediately east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley. David crossed it in grief while fleeing Absalom, Zechariah uses it in prophetic imagery, and the Gospels place several episodes of Jesus' final week there, including teaching, prayer, and the approach to Jerusalem.
Historical Context
The ridge overlooks the Temple Mount and lies on the natural route between Jerusalem and Bethany. Its biblical importance comes from repeated narrative and prophetic associations rather than from a single event: royal flight, prophetic expectation, Jesus' teaching about coming events, Gethsemane traditions on its lower slopes, and the departure scene in Acts 1.
Location Details
Country: Israel
Region: Jerusalem
Coordinates: 31.778000, 35.244000
Type: Mountain
Bible Verses About Mount of Olives
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 there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
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