36 All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.
36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king
36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as everything that the king did pleased all the people.
36 Everyone at the funeral took notice - and liked what they saw. In fact everything the king did was applauded by the people.
36 Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, since whatever the king did pleased all the people.
36 This pleased the people very much. In fact, everything the king did pleased them!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:36
Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:22-39
(Read 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 fond of power, when a man may have the name of it, and must be accountable for it, yet is hampered in the use of it? David ought to have done his duty, and then trusted God with the issue. Carnal policy spared Joab. The Son of David may long delay, but never fails to punish impenitent sinners. He who now reigns upon the throne of David, has a kingdom of a nobler kind. Whatever He doeth, is noticed by all his willing people, and is pleasing to them.