New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Samuel 3:35
35Then all the people came 1to 2persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “3May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else 4before the sun goes 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
33The king chanted a lament for Abner and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies? 34Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters; As one falls before the wicked, you have fallen.” And all the people wept again over him. Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down.” 36Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, just as everything the king did pleased all the people. 37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the will 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
- Then allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- persuade Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- to eatבָּרָהbârâh · to eatH1262
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- while it was stillעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- vowedשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- May Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- soכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
- to me, and moreיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
- ifכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
- if[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
- I tasteטָעַםţâ‛am · to perceiveH2938
- orאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
- anythingמְא֫וּמָהme'ûmâh · anythingH3972
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:35
- 1 Samuel 12:17Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord by asking for yourselves a king.”
- Jeremiah 16:7Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.
- Ezekiel 24:17Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.”
- 2 Samuel 3:9May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the Lord has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him,
- Ruth 1:17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the Lord do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me.”
- 2 Samuel 1:12They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- Judges 20:26Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel and wept; thus they remained there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
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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Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 3:35 2 Sam 12:17 ↩
- 2. 2 Samuel 3:35 Lit cause ↩
- 3. 2 Samuel 3:35 1 Sam 3:17 ↩
- 4. 2 Samuel 3:35 2 Sam 1:12 ↩
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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