2 Samuel 3:35
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!””
Read 2 Samuel 3:35 in the flow of 2 Samuel3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 2 Samuel3 to see the surrounding context.
“Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for--before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 3:35 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 20:23They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
- Judges 20:26Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
- Ruth 1:17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
- 1 Samuel 3:17“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
- 2 Samuel 1:12They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 3:9May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
- 2 Samuel 12:17The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
- 1 Chronicles 10:12all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
- Jeremiah 16:7No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.
- Ezekiel 24:17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- Ezekiel 24:22Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
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