New Living Translation
2 Samuel 3:35
35David 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.”
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
33Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner: “Should Abner have died as fools die? 34Your hands were not bound; your feet were not chained. No, you were murdered— the victim of a wicked plot.” All the people wept again for Abner. 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.” 36This pleased the people very much. In fact, everything the king did pleased them! 37So everyone in Judah and all Israel understood that David was not responsible for Abner’s murder.
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
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 12:17You know that it does not rain at this time of the year during the wheat harvest. I will ask the Lord to send thunder and rain today. Then you will realize how wicked you have been in asking the Lord for a king!”
- Jeremiah 16:7No one will offer a meal to comfort those who mourn for the dead—not even at the death of a mother or father. No one will send a cup of wine to console them.
- Ezekiel 24:17Groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food brought to you by consoling friends.”
- 2 Samuel 3:9May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t do everything I can to help David get what the Lord has promised him!
- Ruth 1:17Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”
- 2 Samuel 1:12They mourned and wept and fasted all day for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the Lord’s army and the nation of Israel, because they had died by the sword that day.
- Judges 20:26Then all the Israelites went up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the Lord and fasted until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and peace 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
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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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