וַיָּבֹ֣א כָל־הָעָ֗ם לְהַבְר֧וֹת אֶת־דָּוִ֛ד לֶ֖חֶם בְּע֣וֹד הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע דָּוִ֜ד לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֔יף כִּ֣י אִם־לִפְנֵ֧י בֽוֹא־הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ אֶטְעַם־לֶ֖חֶם א֥וֹ כָל־מְאֽוּמָה׃
Es kam nun all das Volk, dem Könige Speise zu geben noch bei Tage, doch David schwur also: So tue mir Gott und so fahre er fort, wenn ich vor Sonnenuntergang Speise koste oder sonst das Geringste.
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
MISHNAH: If he57The High Priest makes a visit of condolence. consoles others, common behavior requires the people to come in single file and the executive officer58The organizer of the Temple service walks to his left; all other people are required to make a single file to the organizer’s left, to make sure that nobody touch the High Priest and defile him. becomes a partition between himself and the people. If he is consoled by others, everybody tells him, we are his59Meaning “your.” atonement; he answers them, may you be blessed by Heaven. If one brings him the first meal60Mourners are not permitted to prepare their own first meal after the burial. The people who bring him the food are supposed to eat with him. This is an Amoraïc statement in the Babli (Moˋed qatan 27b) but is implied as an ancient custom in 2S.3:35, Ez. 24:17., the people sit in a circle on the ground and he sits in their circle on a footstool61Latin subsellium. Probably the vocalization should be סֻפּסֶל..
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
MISHNAH: If a relative of his119The king’s. died, he does not leave his palace120Latin palatium, “palace”. The ending -orium may have been added in parallel to praetorium “official residence of the governor of a province”.. Rebbi Jehudah says, if he wants to follow the bier, he may follow it, as we find that David followed Abner’s bier, as it is said1212S.3:31.: King David followedthe bier. They told him, this was only to quiet122To quell rumors that the king was involved in Abner’s murder.. When one brings him the first meal60Mourners are not permitted to prepare their own first meal after the burial. The people who bring him the food are supposed to eat with him. This is an Amoraïc statement in the Babli (Moˋed qatan 27b) but is implied as an ancient custom in 2S.3:35, Ez. 24:17., the people sit in a circle on the floor and he sits in their circle on a couch123For the particular kind of couch mentioned here; cf. Berakhot 3:1, Note 31..