2 Samuel 3:35

New International Version

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!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:12

They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

2 Samuel 12:17

The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.

2 Samuel 3:34

Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked.” And all the people wept over him again.

2 Samuel 3:36

All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.

2 Samuel 3:9

May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the Lord promised him on oath

1 Chronicles 10:12

all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

Jeremiah 16:7

No one will offer food to comfort those who mourn for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console them.

Ezekiel 24:17

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban fastened and your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.”

Ezekiel 24:22

And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.

Judges 20:23

The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening, and they inquired of the Lord. They said, “Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites?” The Lord answered, “Go up against them.”

Judges 20:26

Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.

Ruth 1:17

Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

1 Samuel 3:17

“What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.”