2 Samuel 3:35 meaning and explanation
Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
2 Samuel 3:35, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
David has just buried Abner, the general who had been negotiating to bring all Israel under his rule, and he is publicly mourning a man killed by his own commander Joab. In that culture, fasting until evening was a customary sign of grief, and the people pressed David to eat because a king's collapse would unsettle the kingdom.
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