God’s Word Translation
2 Samuel 3:36
36Then all the people understood and approved of this, as all the people approved of everything the king did.
2 Samuel 3:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
- New International Version (NIV)All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as everything that the king did pleased all the people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, since whatever the king did pleased all the people.
Context of 2 Samuel 3:36
34Your hands were not tied. Your feet were not chained. You fell as one falls in front of wicked men. And all the people continued to cry for him. 35That entire day all the people tried to get David to eat some food. But David had taken an oath: “May God strike me dead if I taste any food or anything else before the sun goes down.” Then all the people understood and approved of this, as all the people approved of everything the king did. 37That day all the people of Israel knew the king wasn’t responsible for killing Ner’s son Abner. 38The king said to his officers, “Don’t you know that today a leader, a great man, has fallen in Israel?
Read all of 2 Samuel 32 Samuel 3:36 word by word
וְכָל־הָעָ֣ם הִכִּ֔ירוּ וַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֣ה הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָ֖ם טֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:36
- 2 Samuel 15:6This is what he did for all Israelites who came to the king to have him try their case. So Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.
- Psalms 62:9Common people are only a whisper in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a whisper in the wind.
- Mark 7:37Jesus completely amazed the people. They said, “He has done everything well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute talk.”
- Mark 15:11The chief priests stirred up the crowd so that Pilate would free Barabbas for them instead.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36The people took notice - They saw that the king's grief was sincere, and that he had no part nor device in the murder of Abner: see 2 Samuel 3:37.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. 1-39The house of David (David’s family line and those loyal to his rule) grew stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker. A key turning point came when Abner, who held the real political power among Saul’s followers, changed his loyalty to David. When Abner did this, many of his relatives from the northern tribes followed him.Read the comment
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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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