Discovery Box2 Samuel 11:25-27 
Context11:25 David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing upset you. 1 There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. 2 Press the battle against the city and conquer 3 it.’ Encourage him with these words.” 4
11:26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him. 5 11:27 When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. 6 She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the Lord. 7
1 tn Heb “let not this matter be evil in your eyes.”
2 tn Heb “according to this and according to this the sword devours.”
3 tn Heb “overthrow.”
4 tn The Hebrew text does not have “with these words.” They are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “for her lord.”
6 tn Heb “David sent and gathered her to his house.”
7 tn Heb “and the thing which David had done was evil in the eyes of the
