Scripture · Old Testament
2 Samuel 3:37
2 Samuel 3:37 is verse 37 of 2 Samuel chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
World English Bible
So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
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2 Samuel 3:35–39 · Berean Standard Bible
35 Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
36 All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
37 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.
38 Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
39 And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
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