2 Samuel 3:35
3:35 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
1 if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”
2 Samuel 3:1
3:1 However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.
1 Samuel 28:23
28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged 2 him to eat, so he gave in. 3 He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.
1 tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”
2 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פצר, psr) rather than the MT’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פרצ, prs).
3 tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”