2 Samuel 11:27

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
mourning	הָאֵ֗בֶל ha.'E.vel	H60	lamentation · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
past	וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר vai.ya.'a.Vor	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
David	דָּוִ֜ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fetched	וַיַּאַסְפָ֤הּ vai.ya.'as.Fah	H622	to gather for any purpose · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
house	בֵּיתוֹ֙ bei.To	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
wife	לְאִשָּׁ֔ה le.'i.Shah	H802	a woman · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
bare	וַתֵּ֥לֶד va.Te.led	H3205	to bear young · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
son	בֵּ֑ן Ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
thing	הַדָּבָ֛ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
David	דָוִ֖ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
done	עָשָׂ֥ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
displeased	יָרַע yâraʻ	H3415	properly
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Samuel 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and ha…
Psalms 51:4-5 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear wh…
1 Chronicles 21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Genesis 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
Deuteronomy 22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbl…
2 Samuel 3:2-5 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
2 Samuel 5:13-16 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:14–end

When David's project of fathering the child upon Uriah himself failed, so that, in process of time, Uriah would certainly know the wrong that had been done him, to prevent the fruits of his revenge, the devil put it into David's heart to take him off, and then neither he nor Bath-sheba would be in any danger (what prosecution could there be when there was no prosecutor?), suggesting further that, when Uriah was out of the way, Bath-sheba might, if he pleased, be his own for ever. Adulteries have often occasioned murders, and one wickedness must be covered and secured with another. The beginnings of sin are therefore to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? It is resolved in David's…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 11:14

URIAH SLAIN. (Sa2 11:14-27) David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah . . . Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle--The various arts and stratagems by which the king tried to cajole Uriah, till at last he resorted to the horrid crime of murder--the cold-blooded cruelty of despatching the letter by the hands of the gallant but much-wronged soldier himself, the enlistment of Joab to be a partaker of his sin, the heartless affectation of mourning, and the indecent haste of his marriage with Bath-sheba--have left an indelible stain upon the character of David, and exhibit a painfully humiliating proof of the awful lengths to which the best of men may go when th…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 11:27

When the mourning was past - Probably it lasted only seven days. She became his wife - This hurried marriage was no doubt intended on both sides to cover the pregnancy. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord - It was necessary to add this, lest the splendor of David's former virtues should induce any to suppose his crimes were passed over, or looked on with an indulgent eye, by the God of purity and justice. Sorely he sinned, and sorely did he suffer for it; he sowed one grain of sweet, and reaped a long harvest of calamity and wo. On a review of the whole, I hesitate not to say that the preceding chapter is an illustrious proof of the truth of the sacred writings. Who that i…

Dictionary and topics

Chronicles, Books of — The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Lasciviousness · .David — .David
Uriah · .David marries the widow of — .David marries the widow of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 11:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 11:14

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 11:27

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 11:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 11:14

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 11:27

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Samuel 11:27

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 11:2–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 11:25

Rashi on 2 Samuel 11:25