2 Samuel 3:36

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 bound, nor your feet put in fetters; As one falls before the wicked, you have fallen.” And all the people wept again over him. 35Then 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.” Now 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. 38Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

2 Samuel 3:36 word by word

וְכָל־הָעָ֣ם הִכִּ֔ירוּ וַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֣ה הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָ֖ם טֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear

• Now allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• tookנָכַרnâkar · to recognizeH5234
• pleasedיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
• pleasedעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• them, just as everythingאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• pleasedטוֹבţôb · be pleasingH2895

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:36

• 2 Samuel 15:6In this manner Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole away the hearts of the men of Israel.
• Psalms 62:9Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath.
• Mark 7:37They were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”
• Mark 15:11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release 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

Topics related to 2 Samuel 3:36

• Abner
• Citizens
• Loyalty
• Popularity
• Tact

In the dictionaries

• Abner
• Communication
• Ishbosheth
• Sackcloth
• Translate
• Genealogy
• Government
• Joab
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Samuel, Books of

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