3:34 3:34

2 Samuel 3:35

3:36 3:36

Bible Versions

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.
And when all {H3605} the people {H5971} came {H935} to cause {H1262} David {H1732} to eat {H1262} meat {H3899} while it was yet {H5750} day {H3117}, David {H1732} sware {H7650}, saying {H559}, So do {H6213} God {H430} to me, and more also {H3254}, if I taste {H2938} bread {H3899}, or ought {H3972} else, till {H6440} the sun {H8121} be down {H935}.
All the people came to David and tried to make him eat some bread while it was still daytime; but David swore, "May God bring terrible curses on me and worse ones yet if I taste bread or anything else until the sun goes down."
Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.
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  • 2 Samuel 12:17

    And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
  • 2 Samuel 1:12

    And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
  • Jeremiah 16:7

    Neither 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.
  • Ruth 1:17

    Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.
  • Judges 20:26

    ¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  • Ezekiel 24:17

    Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men.
  • Ezekiel 24:22

    And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men.
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