2 Samuel 11:27 (BSB)
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.
From 2 Samuel 11. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:27
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:14-27: 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...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 2 Samuel 11:27: And when the mourning was past,.... The seven days were at an end, or sooner; for he stayed not ninety days from the death of her husband, which the Jews in later times enjoined (n), that it might be known whether with child by her former husband, and so to whom it belonged; and because David did not wait this time, Abarbinel charges it upon...
- Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible 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...
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on 2 Samuel 11:25-27: 2Sa 11:25-27 David received with apparent composure the intelligence which he was naturally so anxious to hear, and sent this message back to Joab:“Let not this thing depress thee, for the sword devours thus and thus. Keep on with the battle against the city, and destroy it.” The construction of אל־ירע with את obj.