2 Samuel 11:27
ESV
And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
NIV
After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.
NASB
When the time of mourning was over, David sent servants and had her brought to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord.
CSB
When the time of mourning ended, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. However, the Lord considered what David had done to be evil.
NLT
When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the Lord was displeased with what David had done.
KJV
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.
NKJV
And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
What does 2 Samuel 11:27 mean?
David thinks his plan to cover up his sin has worked. While the army was away fighting the Ammonites, he slept with Bathsheba, his general Uriah's wife. She became pregnant. David recalled Uriah to Jerusalem, thinking he would make love to his wife and assume the child was his. Uriah refused to go home while the army was still engaged. Realizing his plan failed, David produced another. He sent Uriah back with a message for Joab, the military commander. Joab followed instructions: put Uriah amongst the most dangerous Ammonites, pull back the rest of the unit, and let the enemy kill him (2 Samuel 11:1–15).Joab obeyed David's orders. Uriah is dead. David lets Bathsheba mourn her husband the appropriate amount of time and takes her as his wife. A few months later, she gives birth to a son (2 Samuel 11:27).
Even if Bathsheba and Joab don't yet know what David did, God does. He sends Nathan the prophet to tell David a story: A poor man had a little lamb that he loved so much he treated her like a daughter. A rich man took the lamb and served it for a traveler's dinner. David is livid until Nathan reveals that David is the rich man. David immediately repents, but it's too late. God takes the life of the baby (2 Samuel 12:1–18).
David goes on to write Psalm 51, a humble, heartfelt confession of his sin against God. It is David's return to God, not his sinlessness, which makes him a man after God's own heart.
Bathsheba loses her baby, which must tear her apart. Later, she gives birth to Solomon, the future king. She also has Shimea, Shobab, and Nathan—Mary's ancestor (Luke 3:31)—as well as a daughter, Ammiel (1 Chronicles 3:5). And when Matthew records Jesus' ancestors, Bathsheba is one of the few women included (Matthew 1:6).
