2 Samuel 11:27
And the time of mourning expired, and David sent and took her into his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son: but the thing which David did was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
26And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.
Cross References
Genesis 38:10And his doing this appeared evil before God; and he slew him also.
2 Samuel 3:2And sons were born to David in Chebron: and his first-born was Amnon the son of Achinoom the Jezraelitess.
2 Samuel 12:9Why hast thou set at nought the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? thou hast slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
1 Kings 21:20smote each one the man next to him; and each one a second time smote the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, even the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.
Psalms 5:6Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity.
Proverbs 6:29So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that 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 →