And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Sha’ul and for Yehonathan his son, and for the people of יהוה and for the house of Yisra’ĕ
2 Samuel 3:35 - The Scriptures 1998 And all the people came to cause Dawiḏ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All the people came to urge David to eat food while it was yet day; but David took an oath, saying, May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, till the sun is down. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Then all the soldiers came to urge David to eat something while it was still day, but David swore, “May God deal harshly with me and worse still if I eat bread or anything else before the sun goes down.” Catholic Public Domain Version And when the entire multitude had arrived to take food with David, while it was still broad daylight, David swore, saying, "May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset. |
And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Sha’ul and for Yehonathan his son, and for the people of יהוה and for the house of Yisra’ĕ
So the elders of his house stood up over him, to raise him up from the earth. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
“Your hands were not bound nor your feet put into shackles. As one falls before sons of evil, so you fell.” And all the people wept over him again.
And all the people took note of it, and it was good in their eyes, since whatever the sovereign did was good in the eyes of all the people.
and all the brave men arose and took the body of Sha’ul and the bodies of his sons. And they brought them to Yaḇ
“Neither shall they break bread in mourning for them to comfort them for the dead, nor give them the cup of comfort to drink for their father or their mother.
“Groan silently, make no mourning for the dead. Bind your turban on your head, and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your upper lip, and do not eat man’s bread of sorrow.”
‘And you shall do as I have done, do not cover your upper lip nor eat man’s bread of sorrow,
“Where you die, I die, and there I shall be buried. יהוה do so to me, and more also – for death itself parts you and me.”
And he said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. Elohim do so to you, and more also, if you hide a word from me of all the words that He spoke to you.”