Put ashes — To signify her grief for some calamity which had befallen her, and what that was, concurring circumstances easily discovered. Head — In token of grief and shame, as if she were unable and ashamed to shew her face. Crying — To manifest her abhorrency of the fact, and that it was not done by her consent.
Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:19
2 Samuel 13:19
19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.