2 Samuel 3:35

WEB

³⁵All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, until the sun goes down.”

KJV

³⁵And 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.

BSB

³⁵Then 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!”

FBV

³⁵Then people came to David and tried to persuade him to have something to eat during the day. But David swore an oath, saying, “May God punish me severely if I eat bread or anything else before sunset!”

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2 Samuel 12:17

¹⁷The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he didn’t eat bread with them.

2 Samuel 1:12

¹²They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, ^[+] and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

Ruth 1:17

¹⁷Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”

Jeremiah 16:7

⁷Men won’t break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead. Men won’t give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Ezekiel 24:17

¹⁷Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread.”

Judges 20:26

²⁶Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening; then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

2 Samuel 3:9

⁹God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him:

1 Samuel 3:17

¹⁷He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”

Ezekiel 24:22

²²You will do as I have done. You won’t cover your lips or eat mourner’s bread.