34 Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in bronze shackles;
As one falls before the [a]wicked, you have fallen.”

And all the people wept over him again. 35 Then all the people came (A)to provide [b]food for David in his distress while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “(B)May God do so to me, and more so, if I taste bread or anything else (C)before the sun goes down.” 36 Now all the people took note of David’s vow, and it [c]pleased them, just as everything that the king did [d]pleased all the people.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:34 Lit sons of wickedness
  2. 2 Samuel 3:35 Lit bread
  3. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in their eyes
  4. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in the eyes of all

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