Revised Webster's Bible
2 Samuel 3:35
35And when all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was yet day, David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or any thing else, till the sun is 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
33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? 34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. And when all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was yet day, David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or any thing else, till the sun is down. 36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatever the king did pleased all the people. 37For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
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
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- causeבָּרָהbârâh · to eatH1262
- Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- sworeשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- alsoיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
- tasteטָעַםţâ‛am · to perceiveH2938
- thingמְא֫וּמָהme'ûmâh · anythingH3972
- tillפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:35
- 1 Samuel 12:17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call to the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
- Jeremiah 16:7Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
- Ezekiel 24:17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind thy turban upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
- 2 Samuel 3:9So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
- Ruth 1:17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if any thing but death shall part thee and me.
- 2 Samuel 1:12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
- Judges 20:26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening, and 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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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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