35 Then all the people came (A)to [a]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 [b]pleased them, just as everything the king did [c]pleased all the people. 37 So all the people and all Israel understood 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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:35 Lit cause
  2. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in their eyes
  3. 2 Samuel 3:36 Lit was good in the eyes of all