2 Samuel 11:27
25 Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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- BSB
- And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
- KJV
- And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
- WEB
- When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
- ASV
- And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And her mourning was over, and David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore to him a son. And the thing that David had done was evil in the eyes of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Men da sørgetiden var til ende, sendte David bud og hentet henne til sitt hus, og hun ble hans hustru og fødte ham en sønn. Men det som David hadde gjort, var ondt i Herrens øyne.
[^1]: 2SA 11, 2. - OTB
- Da sørgetiden var over, sendte David tjenere og hentet henne til sitt hus, og hun ble hans kone; så fødte hun ham en sønn. Men det David hadde gjort var ondt i Herrens øyne.
- B1930
- Men da sørgetiden var til ende, sendte David bud og hentet henne til sitt hus, og hun blev hans hustru og fødte ham en sønn. Men det som David hadde gjort, var ondt i Herrens øine.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Read in contextPsalms 51:4–5
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
Read in context1 Chronicles 21:7
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
Read in contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:29
then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
Read in contextGenesis 38:10
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
Read in contextPsalms 5:6
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:13–16
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
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