2 Samuel 3:35
“And when all the people came to cause Dauid to eate meate while it was yet day, Dauid sware, saying, So doe God to mee, and more also, if I taste bread or ought else, till the Sunne be downe.”
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2 Samuel 3:35 Context
33And the king lamented ouer Abner, and said, Died Abner as a foole dieth? 34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feete put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept againe ouer him. 35And when all the people came to cause Dauid to eate meate while it was yet day, Dauid sware, saying, So doe God to mee, and more also, if I taste bread or ought else, till the Sunne be downe. 36And all the people tooke notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoeuer the King did, pleased all the people. 37For all the people, and all Israel vnderstood that day, that it was not of the King to slay Abner the sonne of Ner.
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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.
- King James Version
Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, "May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down."
- New American Standard Version (1995)