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2 Samuel 3:35
35And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, So do 1God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or aught else till the sun be down!
2 Samuel 3:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
- New International Version (NIV)Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, "God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And when all the people came to persuade David to eat food while it was still day, David took an oath, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!”
Context of 2 Samuel 3:35
33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth? 34Thy hands were not bound, Nor thy feet put into fetters; As a man falleth before wicked men, Fellest thou! And all the people wept again over him. And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or aught else till the sun be down! 36And all the people remarked it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people. 37And all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.
Read all of 2 Samuel 32 Samuel 3:35 word by word
וַיָּבֹ֣א כָל־הָעָ֗ם לְהַבְר֧וֹת אֶת־דָּוִ֛ד לֶ֖חֶם בְּע֣וֹד הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע דָּוִ֜ד לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֔יף כִּ֣י אִם־לִפְנֵ֧י בֽוֹא־הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ אֶטְעַם־לֶ֖חֶם א֥וֹ כָל־מְאֽוּמָה׃Read the interlinear
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- eatבָּרָהbârâh · to eatH1262
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- sworeשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- tasteטָעַםţâ‛am · to perceiveH2938
- sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:35
- 1 Samuel 12:17Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, and he will send thunder and rain; and ye shall perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah in asking for yourselves a king.
- Jeremiah 16:7Nor shall they break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall they give them the cup of consolations to drink for their father or for their mother.
- Ezekiel 24:17Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy turban upon thee, and put thy sandals upon thy feet, and cover not the beard, and eat not the bread of men.
- 2 Samuel 3:9So do God to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him;
- Ruth 1:17where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!
- 2 Samuel 1:12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
- Judges 20:26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3:35
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35To eat meat - Fasting was a sign of the deepest mourning 2 Samuel 1:12. The fast lasted until the sun was set.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-39Verses 22-39 Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The guilt of blood brings a curse upon families: if men do not avenge it, God will. It is a sad thing to die like a fool, as they do that any way shorten their own days, and those who make no provision for another world. Who would be fond of power, when a man…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35urged David to eat something: See also 2 Samuel 12:17.Read the comment
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- 1. 2 Samuel 3:35 3.35 Elohim ↩
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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