2 Samuel 3:35 Meaning and Explanation
“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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Read Full Chapter →David vows to fast until sundown, refusing to eat though the people urge him.
What Does 2 Samuel 3:35 Mean?
The people try to persuade David to eat while it is still day, as was customary to comfort a mourner, but he swears a solemn oath to taste nothing until sunset. His grief will not be quickly set aside.
David's fasting is a deliberate sign of the depth of his sorrow and the sincerity of his innocence. He will not let the murder be smoothed over by an ordinary meal. Self-denial here is an act of integrity, a way of bearing witness before God and the people that this death weighs heavily on him and that he had no part in it.
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What does 2 Samuel 3:35 mean?
David vows to fast until sundown, refusing to eat though the people urge him.