2 Samuel 3 · Verse 36

2 Samuel 3:36

And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
2 Samuel 3:36, King James Version

2 Samuel 3:36 in other translations

BSBAll the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
WEBAll the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
ASVAnd all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
YLTAnd all the people have discerned it, and it is good in their eyes, as all that the king hath done is good in the eyes of all the people;
DARBYAnd all the people remarked it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
BBEAnd all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.
WebsterAnd all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as what ever the king did pleased all the people.

What does 2 Samuel 3:36 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 The people took notice - They saw that the king's grief was sincere, and that he had no part nor device in the murder of Abner: see 2Sam 3:37.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:22-39

Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The guilt of blood brings a curse upon families: if men do not avenge it, God will. It is a sad thing to die like a fool, as they do that any way shorten their own days, and those who make no provision for another world. Who would be…

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2 Samuel 3:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הִכִּ֔ירוּhi.Ki.ruthey paid regardH5234
וַיִּיטַ֖בvai.yi.Tavand it was goodH3190
בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑םbe.'ei.nei.Hemin view theirH5869
כְּכֹל֙ke.Khollike allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834
עָשָׂ֣ה'a.Sahhe didH6213
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
טֽוֹב\׃Tovit was goodH2895

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 3:36

  • Mark 7:37

    And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

  • Mark 15:11-13

    But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried out again, Crucify him.

  • Psalms 62:9

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

  • 2 Samuel 15:6

    And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 15:13

    And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
pleased them. Heb. was good in their eyes. as.
15:6,13; Ps 62:9; Mr 7:37; 15:11-13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 3:35

    And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

  • 2 Samuel 3:36

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

  • 2 Samuel 3:37

    For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

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2 Samuel 3:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Súpolo así todo el pueblo, y plugo en sus ojos; porque todo lo que el rey hacía parecía bien en ojos de todo el pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tout le peuple y eut égard, et cela fut bon à leurs yeux, comme tout ce que faisait le roi était bon aux yeux de tout le peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und alles Volk nahm es wahr; und es war gut in ihren Augen, wie alles, was der König tat, gut war in den Augen des ganzen Volkes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnisque populus audivit, et placuerunt eis cuncta quæ fecit rex in conspectu totius populi.