Then all the people came to persuade David to eat something while it was still day, but David swore, saying, “So may God do to me and more, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down!”
2 Samuel 1:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for his son Jonathan and for the army of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had been struck down by the sword. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They mourned and wept for Saul and Jonathan his son, and fasted until evening for the Lord's people and the house of Israel, because of their defeat in battle. American Standard Version (1901) and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. Common English Bible They mourned and cried and fasted until evening for Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD’s army, and the whole house of Israel, because they had died by the sword. Catholic Public Domain Version And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, over Saul and over his son Jonathan, and over the people of the Lord and over the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And 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 were fallen by the sword. |
Then all the people came to persuade David to eat something while it was still day, but David swore, saying, “So may God do to me and more, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down!”
Do not rejoice when your enemies fall, and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble,
O that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
who drink wine from bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I am not indignant?
Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together on the same day.