2 Samuel 3:37
35 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.
36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
- KJV
- For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
- WEB
- So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
- ASV
- So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
- DARBY
- And all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.
- BLB
- For all the people and all Israel understood that on that day it was not from the king to kill Abner son of Ner.
- ÅB
- Og på den dag skjønte alt folket og hele Israel at det ikke var kongen som var opphavsmann til drapet på Abner, Ners sønn.
- OTB
- Så forsto hele folket og hele Israel den dagen at det ikke hadde vært kongens vilje å drepe Abner, sønn av Ner.
- B1930
- Og på den dag skjønte alt folket og hele Israel at det ikke var kongen som var ophavsmann til drapet på Abner, Ners sønn.