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

And all the people wept again over him. 35 Then all the people came (A)to [b]persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “(B)May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else (C)before the sun goes down.” 36 Now all the people took note of it, and it [c]pleased them, just as everything 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 cause
  3. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in their eyes
  4. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in the eyes of all