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35 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[a] if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”

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  1. 2 Samuel 3:35 tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

35 Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(A) if I taste bread(B) or anything else before the sun sets!”

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