2 Samuel 3:35

God's Word

That entire day all the people tried to get David to eat some food. But David had taken an oath: “May God strike me dead if I taste any food or anything else before the sun goes down.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:12

They mourned, cried, and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s army, and the nation of Israel had been defeated in battle.

2 Samuel 12:17

The older leaders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling. And he wouldn’t eat with them.

2 Samuel 3:34

Your hands were not tied. Your feet were not chained. You fell as one falls in front of wicked men. And all the people continued to cry for him.

2 Samuel 3:36

Then all the people understood and approved of this, as all the people approved of everything the king did.

2 Samuel 3:9

May God strike me dead unless I do for David what the Lord had promised him with an oath:

1 Chronicles 10:12

all the fighting men came and took away the dead bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried the bones under the oak tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted seven days.

Jeremiah 16:7

No one will offer food to comfort those who mourn the dead. No one will give a consoling drink to those who have lost their fathers or mothers.

Ezekiel 24:17

Groan silently. Don’t grieve for the person who dies. Tie on your turban, and put on your sandals. Don’t cover your face or eat the food that mourners eat.”

Ezekiel 24:22

Then you must do as I did. Don’t cover your faces or eat the food that mourners eat.

Judges 20:23

The Israelites went and cried in the presence of the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we continue to wage war against our close relatives, the men of Benjamin?” The Lord answered, “Go fight them!”

Judges 20:26

Then all the men of Israel and all the troops went to Bethel. They sat there and cried in the presence of the Lord and fasted that day until evening. Then they sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.

Ruth 1:17

Wherever you die, I will die, and I will be buried there with you. May the Lord strike me down if anything but death separates you and me!”

1 Samuel 3:17

“What did the Lord tell you?” he asked. “Please don’t hide anything from me. May God strike you dead if you hide anything he told you from me.”