2 Samuel 3:36

And all the people have discerned [it], and it is good in their eyes, as all that the king has done is good in the eyes of all the people;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

In Context

35And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David swears, saying, “Thus God does to me, and thus He adds, for—before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.”

37and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it has not been from the king—to put Abner son of Ner to death.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:13And he who is declaring tidings comes to David, saying, “The heart of the men of Israel has been after Absalom.”

Mark 7:37and they were being astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes both the deaf to hear, and the mute to speak.”

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:23-39

Joab Murders Abner; David's Reflections on Abner's Murder. ( b. c. 1048.) 22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?… Read the whole commentary →

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