When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the Lord was displeased with what David had done.
Parallel translations
- WEB When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
- 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.
- 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.
- NKJV And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
- NASB When the time of mourning was over, David sent servants and had her brought to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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Quick answer
After her mourning, David marries Bathsheba and she bears a son, but the LORD is displeased with what David has done. God's verdict exposes the hidden sin.
Overview
David swiftly takes Bathsheba as wife, and the birth of a son seems to bury the scandal. But the chapter ends with the decisive word that the deed 'displeased Yahweh,' the only opinion that finally matters. This divine displeasure sets up Nathan's confrontation and shows that no sin escapes God's sight.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 2 Sam 12:9Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
- Ps 51:4–5Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
- 1 Chr 21:7God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
- Deut 22:29then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady’s father fifty shekels of silver. She shall be his wife, because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days.
- Heb 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Gen 38:10The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.
- 2 Sam 5:13–16David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.
- Ps 5:6You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
- 2 Sam 3:2–5Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
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