NET Bible
"Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying,“God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”"
— 2 Samuel 3:35, NET Bible
“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.”
“And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down. ”
“All the people came to cause 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."”
“And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset.”
“And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!”
“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.”
So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.
The king chanted the following lament for Abner:“Should Abner have died like a fool?
Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals.”All the people wept over him again.
Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying,“God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”
All the people noticed this and it pleased them. In fact, everything the king did pleased all the people.
All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king’s instigation.
Then the king said to his servants,“Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?