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.
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Gill's Exposition
And when the mourning was past,.... The seven days were at an end, or sooner; for he stayed not ninety days from the death of her husband, which the Jews in later times enjoined (n), that it might be…
Adam Clarke
When the mourning was past - Probably it lasted only seven days.
She became his wife - This hurried marriage was no doubt intended on both sides to cover the pregnancy.
But the thing that David had…
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,…
Cambridge Bible
fet her See note on ch. 2Sa 9:5.
But the thing that David had done displeased theLord] The divine sentence on David's conduct prepares the way for the mission of Nathan in the next chapter.
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