When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
Parallel translations
- WEB When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
- KJV And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
- NKJV When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
- NASB Now when Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.
- NLT When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
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Quick answer
Bathsheba hears of Uriah's death and mourns for her husband. She grieves the loss of a faithful man.
Overview
Bathsheba observes the customary period of mourning for Uriah. Her grief stands as a quiet reminder of the real human cost behind David's scheming. The verse honors the slain Uriah even as the narrative moves toward the marriage that will seem to close the matter.
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Cross-references · 3
- 2 Sam 3:31Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
- 2 Sam 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
- Gen 27:41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
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