All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
- KJV And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
- NKJV Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, since whatever the king did pleased all the people.
- NASB Now all the people took note of David’s vow, and it pleased them, just as everything that the king did pleased all the people.
- NLT This pleased the people very much. In fact, everything the king did pleased them!
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Quick answer
The people notice David's conduct and approve, as they did all he did. His transparent grief wins their trust.
Overview
All Israel takes note of David's mourning and is pleased, for whatever the king did won the people's favor. This refrain shows David's growing reputation for justice and sincerity. His ability to retain the nation's confidence amid a politically dangerous crime reflects God's blessing on his rise to the united throne.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Mark 7:37The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
- 2 Sam 15:6Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- Mark 15:11–13But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
- Ps 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
- 2 Sam 15:13Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
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God's covenant with David — a son whose throne and kingdom would last forever (7:12–16) — finds its yes in Jesus, the Son of David who reigns without end.
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