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35 Then all the people came (A)to [a]persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David swore an oath, 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 was good in their sight, just as everything the king did was good in the sight of all the people. 37 So all the people and all Israel knew that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

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  1. 2 Samuel 3:35 Lit cause