They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening for those who died by the sword #– #for Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel.
2 Samuel 3:35 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then they came to urge David to eat food while it was still day, but David took an oath: ‘May God punish me and do so severely if I taste bread or anything else before sunset! ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening for those who died by the sword #– #for Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel.
The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
Your hands were not bound, your feet not placed in bronze shackles. You fell like one who falls victim to criminals. And all the people wept over him even more.
All the people took note of this, and it pleased them. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the Lord swore to him:
all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.
Food won’t be provided for the mourner to comfort him because of the dead. A consoling drink won’t be given him for the loss of his father or mother.
Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your moustache or eat the bread of mourners.’ ,
Then you will do just as I have done: You will not cover your moustache or eat the bread of mourners.
They went up, wept before the Lord until evening, and enquired of him, ‘Should we again attack our brothers the Benjaminites? ’ And the Lord answered, ‘Fight against them.’
The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me, and do so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.
‘What was the message he gave you? ’ Eli asked. ‘Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you and do so severely if you hide anything from me that he told you.’