2 Samuel 11:27
in 2 Samuel 11And 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Samuel 11
Commentary
7 notes on this verseWhen 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.
This site's exposition
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead
on 2 Samuel 11:26-27
Bathsheba mourns for her husband, and the record gives only the outward form. David brings her to his house, marries her, and she bears him a son. Only the chapter's last clause breaks the silence: “the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD”.
This site's exposition
David had her brought to his house
Adam Clarke puts the mourning at about seven days, which makes the marriage a hurried one. John Wesley notes that the birth of the son means David went months without repentance, all the while keeping up his worship. Clarke reads the last clause as a guard against excuse.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
We have taken up the task of writing an apology for the present style of the prophet David, not because he needs this gift, who has excelled in such great merits and flourished in virtues, but because many people, reading the sequence of his deeds without considering the power of the Scriptures or the hidden mysteries, wonder how such a great prophet did not avoid the contagion of adultery first and then of murder. Therefore, it was our desire to review the history itself, which seems to have been exposed to sin.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Bare a son - By which it appears, That David continued in the state of impenitency for divers months together; and this notwithstanding his frequent attendance upon God's ordinances. Which is an eminent instance of the corruption of man's nature, of the deceitfulness of sin, and of the tremendous judgment of God in punishing one sin, by delivering a man up to another.
Let him that readeth understand what the best of men are when God leaves them to themselves. David's Sin with Bath-sheba. 1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah.
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And when the mourning was past,....
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר | vaiyaavor | and it passed | H5674 → | 556 times |
| הָאֵ֗בֶל | haevel | the mourning | H60 → | 24 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| דָּוִ֜ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיַּאַסְפָ֤הּ | vaiyaasfah | and he gathered her | H622 → | 200 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּיתוֹ֙ | beito | house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וַתְּהִי־ | vatehi- | and she became | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | of him | ||
| לְאִשָּׁ֔ה | leishah | <into> a wife | H802 → | 781 times |
| וַתֵּ֥לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| בֵּ֑ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַיֵּ֧רַע | vaiyera' | and it was displeasing | H7489 → | 107 times |
| הַדָּבָ֛ר | hadavar | the thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֥ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| דָוִ֖ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיַּעֲבֹ֣רand it passed
vaiyaavorH5674 →556 times
הָאֵ֗בֶלthe mourning
haevelH60 →24 times
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
דָּוִ֜דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיַּאַסְפָ֤הּand he gathered her
vaiyaasfahH622 →200 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּיתוֹ֙house his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
וַתְּהִי־and she became
vatehi-H1961 →3559 times
ל֣וֹof him
lo
לְאִשָּׁ֔ה<into> a wife
leishahH802 →781 times
וַתֵּ֥לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
ל֖וֹto <the> him
lo
בֵּ֑ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
וַיֵּ֧רַעand it was displeasing
vaiyera'H7489 →107 times
הַדָּבָ֛רthe thing
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֥הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
דָוִ֖דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
it leads to
- Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- Proverbs 5:15–23
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2–16
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- Galatians 5:19
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Genesis 1:27–28
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Genesis 2:24
Through
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…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 22:19
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall…
- Deuteronomy 21:14
And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have…
- Deuteronomy 22:19
Through
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…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:19
So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
- 1 Samuel 15:19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, Apology for the Prophet David, Chapter 1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.