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.
Ver. 35. To cause David to eat meat.] They had feasts at funerals, and cups of consolation. Jer 16:7 Eze 24:17
If I taste bread.] He not only mourned, but fasted; to testify his unfeigned grief. This was a point of prudence.