“And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king himself also passed over the torrent Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness.” (2Samuel 15:23) Let’s start with some background on this verse. Absalom, David’s son has taken over the kingdom. King David is forced to escape with some of the people. This is when they come to the stream named Kidron. It was a small trench east of Jerusalem which ran from east
