“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. ¹ 

So Ish-bosheth took her ¹  from her husband Paltiel ²  son of Laish.

When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him. ¹ 

who leaves ¹  the husband ²  from her younger days, ³  and forgets her marriage covenant ⁴  made before God. ⁵ 

For my husband ¹  is not at home; ²  he has gone on a journey of some distance.

The heart of her husband has confidence ¹  in her, and he has no lack of gain. ² 

Her children rise up ¹  and call her blessed, her husband ²  also praises her:

But if you ¹  have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you….” ² 

But if her husband clearly nullifies ¹  them when he hears them, then whatever she says ²  by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the Lord will release her from them.

If the second husband rejects ¹  her and then divorces her, ²  gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies,

and his virgin sister who is near to him, ¹  who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.

If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

“Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, ¹  her husband can confirm or nullify. ² 

Sometime later ¹  Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.

The king replied to her, “What do you want?” ¹  She answered, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.

for jealousy kindles ¹  a husband’s ²  rage, and he will not show mercy ³  when he takes revenge.

Her husband is well-known ¹  in the city gate ²  when he sits with the elders ³  of the land.

“At that time,” ¹  declares the Lord, “you will call, ²  ‘My husband’; ³  you will never again call me, ⁴  ‘My master.’ ⁵ 

Wail ¹  like a young virgin ²  clothed in sackcloth, lamenting the death of ³  her husband-to-be. ⁴