2 Samuel 11:26-27

26 Now when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, ¹she mourned for her husband.

27 When the time of mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house and ²she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But ³the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Samuel 11:26-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 11

This chapter begins with the destruction of the Ammonites, and the siege of Rabbah their chief city, 2Sa 11:1; and enlarges on the sins of David in committing adultery with Bathsheba, 2Sa 11:2-5; in contriving to conceal his sin by sending for her husband home from the army, 2Sa 11:6-13; in laying a scheme for the death of him by the hand of the Ammonites, 2Sa 11:14-25; and in marrying Bathsheba when he was dead, 2Sa 11:26,27.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 50:10; Deuteronomy 34:8; 1 Samuel 31:13
• 2. 2 Samuel 12:9
• 3. Psalms 51:4, 5

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "gathered"