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!’
2 Samuel 1:12 - New International Version (Anglicised) 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. 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 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!’
Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.
You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
So Saul and his three sons and his armour-bearer and all his men died together that same day.