New English Translation
2 Samuel 3:36
36All the people noticed this and it pleased them. In fact, everything the king did pleased all the people.
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, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals.” All the people wept over him again. 35Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!” All the people noticed this and it pleased them. In fact, everything the king did pleased all the people. 37All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king’s instigation. 38Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day 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
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:36
- 2 Samuel 15:6Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.
- Psalms 62:9Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
- Mark 7:37People were completely astounded and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
- Mark 15:11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas 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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