2 Samuel 11:27
But when the lamentation was completed, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore a son to him. And this word, which David had done, was displeasing in the sight of the Lord.
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In Context
26Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died, and she mourned for him.
Cross References
Genesis 38:10And for this reason, the Lord struck him down, because he did a detestable thing.
2 Samuel 3:2And sons were born to David in Hebron. And his firstborn son was Amnon, from Ahinoam the Jezreelite.
2 Samuel 12:9Therefore, why have you despised the word of the Lord, so that you did evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword. And you have taken his wife as a wife for yourself. And you have put him to death with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
1 Kings 21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you discovered me to be your enemy?” And he said: “I have discovered you to have been sold, so that you would do evil in the sight of the Lord:
Psalms 5:6And the malicious will not dwell close to you, nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.
Proverbs 6:29So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:15-27
David Causes Uriah to Be Slain; David Informed of Uriah's Death. ( b. c. 1037.) 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with… Read the whole commentary →