2 Samuel 11:26 “When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him…”

2 Samuel 11:26

When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

And the wife of Urijah heard that Urijah her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.

Young's Literal Translation

And the wife of Uriah heareth that Uriah her husband [is] dead, and lamenteth for her lord;

Bible in Basic English

And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

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Cross references

“she mourned”

2 Samuel 3:31 2 Samuel 14:2 Genesis 27:41

2 Samuel 3:31 · BSB

Then 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 Samuel 14:2 · BSB

So 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…

Genesis 27:41 · BSB

Esau 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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

27And 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.

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