2 Samuel 3:35

And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
all	כָל khol-	H3605	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
people	הָעָ֗ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
came	וַיָּבֹ֣א vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
cause	לְהַבְר֧וֹת le.hav.Rot	H1262	to select · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
David	דָּוִ֛ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
eat	בָּרָה bârâh	H1262	to select
meat	לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem	H3899	food (for man or beast) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
yet	בְּע֣וֹד be.'od	H5750	properly · preposition + cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	הַיּ֑וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
David	דָּוִ֜ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
sware	וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע vai.yi.sha.Va'	H7650	to seven oneself · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
saying	לֵאמֹ֗ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
do	יַעֲשֶׂה ya.'a.seh-	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
God	אֱלֹהִים֙ 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
also	יֹסִ֔יף yo.Sif	H3254	to add or augment (often adverbial · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
taste	אֶטְעַם 'et.'am-	H2938	to taste · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
bread	לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem	H3899	food (for man or beast) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
ought	מְאֽוּמָה me.'U.mah	H3972	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
till	לִפְנֵ֧י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
sun	הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ ha.She.mesh	H8121	the sun · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
down	בֽוֹא Vo'-	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal infinitive construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Samuel 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of…
2 Samuel 12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Ruth 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Jeremiah 16:7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to…
Judges 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and f…
Ezekiel 24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy…
1 Samuel 3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou…
2 Samuel 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:22–end

We have here an account of the murder of Abner by Joab, and David's deep resentment of it. I. Joab very insolently fell foul upon David for treating with Abner. He happened to be abroad upon service when Abner was with David, pursuing a troop, either of Philistines or of Saul's party; but, upon his return, he was informed that Abner was just gone (Sa2 3:22, Sa2 3:23), and that a great many kind things had passed between David and him. He had all the reason in the world to be satisfied of David's prudence and to acquiesce in the measures he took, knowing him to be a wise and good man himself and under a divine conduct in all his affairs; and yet, as if he had the same sway in David's cause th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 3:33

the king lamented over Abner--This brief elegy is an effusion of indignation as much as of sorrow. As Abner had stabbed Asahel in open war [Sa2 2:23], Joab had not the right of the Goel. Besides, he had adopted a lawless and execrable method of obtaining satisfaction (see on Kg1 2:5). The deed was an insult to the authority, as well as most damaging to the prospects of the king. But David's feelings and conduct on hearing of the death, together with the whole character and accompaniments of the funeral solemnity, tended not only to remove all suspicion of guilt from him, but even to turn the tide of popular opinion in his favor, and to pave the way for his reigning over all the tribes more h…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 3:33

The king lamented over Abner - This lamentation, though short, is very pathetic. It is a high strain of poetry; but the measure cannot be easily ascertained. Our own translation may be measured thus: - Died Abner as a fool dieth? Thy hands were not bound, Nor thy feet put into fetters. As a man falleth before the wicked. So hast thou fallen! Or thus: - Shall Abner die a death like to a villain's? Thy hands not bound, Nor were the fetters to thy feet applied. Like as one falls before the sons of guilt, So hast thou fallen! He was not taken away by the hand of justice, nor in battle, nor by accident: he died the death of a culprit by falling into the hands of a villain. This song was a heavy…

Dictionary and topics

Abner — Father of light; i.e., “enlightening”, the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was commander-in-chief of Saul’s army (1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 20:25). He first introduced David to the court of Saul after…
Entertain — Entertainments, “feasts,” were sometimes connected with a public festival (Deut. 16:11, 14), and accompanied by offerings (1 Sam. 9:13), in token of alliances (Gen. 26:30); sometimes in connection…
Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Funeral — Burying was among the Jews the only mode of disposing of corpses (Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 35:8, 9, etc.). The first traces of burning the dead are found in 1 Sam. 31:12. The burning of the body was affixed…
Mourn — Frequent references are found in Scripture to, (1.) Mourning for the dead. Abraham mourned for Sarah (Gen. 23:2); Jacob for Joseph (37:34, 35); the Egyptians for Jacob (50:3-10); Israel for Aaron…
Mourning — One marked feature of Oriental mourning is what may be called its studies publicity and the careful observance of the prescribed ceremonies. (Genesis 23:2; Job 1:20; 2:12)
Abner · Mur — Mur
Burial · Followed by a feast — Followed by a feast
Fasting · .Of Abner’s — .Of Abner’s
Mourning · .Fasting — .Fasting
Tact · .In mourning for Abner — .In mourning for Abner

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 3:35

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 3:33

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 3:33

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 3:35

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 3:33

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 3:33

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Samuel 3:35

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 3:6–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 3:35

Rashi on 2 Samuel 3:35