Laid her hand on her head - To hold the ashes in place (see the marginal references).

Went on crying - That is, “she went away,…

Went on crying. — Literally, went going and cried; that is, as she went away she cried aloud. Tamar put on every external…

And Tamar put ashes on her head
In token of sorrow and distress; see (Joshua 7:6) ;

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Henceforth, David was followed by one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins. Similar sins among his children were the beginn…