And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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Gill's Exposition
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,…
Barnes' Notes
Bath-sheba’s mourning, like that of Abigail 1Sa 25:39-42, was probably limited to the customary time of seven days.
Adam Clarke
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…
When David's project of fathering the child upon Uriah himself failed, so that, in process of time, Uriah would certainly know the wrong that had been done him, to prevent the fruits of his revenge,…
Bath-sheba becomes David's wife
26. she mourned for her husband Seven days was the usual period of mourning. See Gen 50:10; 1Sa 31:13; Jdt 16:24; Sir 22:12. In exceptional cases thirty days were…