KJV ORIGINAL
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
When Uriah's wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she grieved and mourned for him.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows Bathsheba mourning for her husband Uriah after learning of his death, displaying the natural grief of a widow.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes after King David arranged for Uriah the Hittite to be killed in battle to cover up David's adultery with Uriah's wife, Bathsheba. Uriah was one of David's loyal soldiers who had refused to go home to his wife while his fellow soldiers remained at war. Bathsheba's mourning follows the customary period of grief that widows observed in ancient Israel.
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