the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Clementine Latin Vulgate
4 Regum 11:26
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Audivit autem uxor Uriæ quod mortuus esset Urias vir suus, et planxit eum.
Audivit autem uxor Uriae quod mortuus esset Urias vir suus et planxit eum.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
she mourned: 2 Samuel 3:31, 2 Samuel 14:2, Genesis 27:41
Reciprocal: Matthew 1:6 - her
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead,.... The news of which were soon sent her by David, though it is very probable she knew nothing of the plot to take away his life; and, besides, David chose to have his death published abroad as soon as possible, the more to hide his sin:
she mourned for her husband; expressed tokens of mourning by shedding tears, putting on a mourning habit, seeing no company, and this continued for the space of seven days, it may be, 1 Samuel 31:13; as little time as possible was spent in this way, and the marriage hastened, that the adultery might not be discovered.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Bath-sheba’s mourning, like that of Abigail 1 Samuel 25:39-42, was probably limited to the customary time of seven days.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 11:26. She mourned for her husband. — The whole of her conduct indicates that she observed the form without feeling the power of sorrow. She lost a captain and got a king for her spouse; this must have been deep affliction indeed: and therefore: -
_____ Lachrymas non sponte cadentes
Effudit; gemitusque expressit pectore laeto.
"She shed reluctant tears, and forced out groans from a joyful heart."
