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2 Samuel 11:27

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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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.

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּעֲבֹ֣רvai.ya.'a.Vorand it passedH5674 →
הָאֵ֗בֶלha.'E.velthe mourningH60 →
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971 →
דָּוִ֜דda.VidDavidH1732 →
וַיַּאַסְפָ֤הּvai.ya.'as.Fahand he gathered herH622 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בֵּיתוֹ֙bei.Tohouse hisH1004 →
וַתְּהִי־va.te.hi-and she becameH1961 →
ל֣וֹloof him
לְאִשָּׁ֔הle.'i.Shah<into> a wifeH802 →
וַתֵּ֥לֶדva.Te.ledand she boreH3205 →
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
בֵּ֑ןBena sonH1121 →
וַיֵּ֧רַעvai.Ye.ra'and it was displeasingH7489 →
הַדָּבָ֛רha.da.Varthe thingH1697 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
עָשָׂ֥ה'a.Sahhe had doneH6213 →
דָוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869 →
יְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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2 Samuel 12:9Why 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.Psalms 51:4–5Against 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.Exodus 20:14You shall not commit adultery.1 Chronicles 21:7This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.Numbers 11:1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.Psalms 139:3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.Deuteronomy 22:29then 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.Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.Genesis 38:10What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.Genesis 39:9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”Numbers 12:2“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.2 Samuel 3:2–5And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;2 Samuel 5:13–16After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.Lamentations 3:36to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.Leviticus 18:20You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.1 Kings 11:9Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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