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2Sa 11:27 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

And when, etc.		"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 husband: and therefore, Lacrymas non sponte cadentes effudit; gemitusque expressit pectore laeto; ""She shed reluctant tears; and forced out groans from a joyful breast!"""
fetched her		2Sa 3:2-5; 2Sa 5:13-16; 2Sa 12:9; Deu 22:29
But the thing		Gen 38:10; 1Ch 21:7
displeased		Heb. was evil in the eyes of. Psa 5:6; Psa 51:4,5; Hbr 13:4

Correlating Passages

fetched her

	2Sa 3:2	And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
	2Sa 3:3	And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
	2Sa 3:4	And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
	2Sa 3:5	And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
	2Sa 5:13	And David took [him] more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
	2Sa 5:14	And these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
	2Sa 5:15	Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
	2Sa 5:16	And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
	2Sa 12:9	Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
	Deu 22:29	Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

But the thing

	Gen 38:10	And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
	1Ch 21:7	And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

displeased

	Psa 5:6	Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
	Psa 51:4	Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.
	Psa 51:5	Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
	Hbr 13:4	Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 11:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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