2 Samuel 11:26-27·~1 min
David Marries Bathsheba
Bathsheba mourns for Uriah, and after the mourning David takes her into his house as his wife, and she bears him a son.
W26hen Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 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.
Section summaryBathsheba mourns Uriah, and when the mourning ends David brings her into his house as his wife. A son is born, and the chapter closes with the arrangement outwardly settled but inwardly unresolved.
Role in the chapterThis brief closing section shows the public covering of what has happened. It gathers the household into a new appearance of order while leaving the chapter under the weight of loss and concealment.