2 Samuel 3:35-37

Common English Bible

³⁵ Then all the soldiers came to urge David to eat something while it was still day, but David swore, “May God deal harshly with me and worse still if I eat bread or anything else before the sun goes down.” ³⁶ All the troops took notice of this and were pleased by it. Indeed, everything that the king did pleased them. ³⁷ So on that day all the troops and all Israel knew that it wasn’t the king’s idea to kill Abner, Ner’s son.