2 Samuel 11:27

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And her mourning was over, and David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore to him a son. And the thing that David had done was evil in the eyes of YHWH.

Latin

Transacto autem luctu, misit David, et introduxit eam in domum suam, et facta est ei uxor, peperitque ei filium: et displicuit verbum hoc quod fecerat David, coram Domino.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

2 Samuel 11:1–27

David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah show that David was capable of serious moral failure. These actions deeply damaged David’s life and leadership.

These failures took place during a period when David was enjoying major military success against the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:26–31).

Theme notes and profiles

Bathsheba David Hittites Joab David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders Human Sexuality The Dangers of Sin

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

Psalm 51:4–5
Against 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.
2 Samuel 12:9
Why 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. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
1 Chronicles 21:7
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Deuteronomy 22:29
…then 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.
Genesis 38:10
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
2 Samuel 3:2–5
And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
Psalm 5:6
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
2 Samuel 5:13–16
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Bathsheba David Hittites Joab Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Psalms, Book of Samuel, Books of First and Second Uriah

Topics

David: King of Israel: Takes Bath-Sheba to be his Wife Lasciviousness: David Sin: Repugnant to God Uriah: One of David's Mighty Men: David Marries the Widow of Women: Bath-Sheba, in Her Adultery, in Becoming the Wife of Her Husband's Murderer

2 Samuel 11:27

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