2 Samuel 3:37
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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Before · 2 Samuel 3:35–36
35All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, until the sun goes down.” 36All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.