Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, “God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!”
2 Samuel 1:12 - English Standard Version 2016 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 had fallen by the sword. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 bread while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, “God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!”
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
who drink wine in 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 fall, and I am not indignant?
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.