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2 Samuel 3:35 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 3 · verse 35
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.2 Samuel 3:35 · King James Version
2 Samuel 3:35 in context
33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
35And 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.
36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
37For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- causebârâhto selectH1262 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- swareshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
- tasteṭâʻamto tasteH2938 →
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We have here an account of the murder of Abner by Joab, and David's deep resentment of it. I. Joab very insolently fell foul upon David for treating with Abner. He happened to be abroad upon service when Abner was with David, pursuing a troop, either of Philistines or of Saul's party;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-39