2 Samuel 3:35

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.
• 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!”
• New Living Translation (NLT)David had refused to eat anything on the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to eat. But David had made a vow, saying, “May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before sundown.”

Context of 2 Samuel 3:35

33The king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died as the lawless die? 34Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked.” And all the people wept over him again. 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!” 36All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them. 37So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

2 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to causeבָּרָהbârâh · to eatH1262
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• meatלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• while it was yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• So doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• to me, and more alsoיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• if I tasteטָעַםţâ‛am · to perceiveH2938
• or oughtמְא֫וּמָהme'ûmâh · anythingH3972
• else, tillפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:35

• 1 Samuel 12:17Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”
• Jeremiah 16:7No one will offer food to comfort those who mourn for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console them.
• Ezekiel 24:17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban fastened and your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.”
• 2 Samuel 3:9May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the Lord promised him on oath
• Ruth 1:17Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
• 2 Samuel 1:12They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
• Judges 20:26Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to 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

Topics related to 2 Samuel 3:35

• Abner
• Fasting
• Mourning
• Oath
• Tact

In the dictionaries

• David
• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abner
• Communication
• Entertain
• Fast
• Funeral
• Ishbosheth
• Mourn

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