Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 11:26

2 Samuel chapter 11 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.

Context

v.25Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

v.26This passage

v.27And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 3:31

    And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

  • 2 Samuel 14:2

    And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

  • Genesis 27:41

    And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.