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 21:1

The Gibeonites Demand Revenge

21:1 During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. ²  The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, ³  because he murdered the Gibeonites.”

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

[21:1]  ² tn Heb “sought the face of the Lord.”

[21:1]  ³ tn Heb “and the house of bloodshed.”