2nd Samuel Chapter 11 verse 26 Holy Bible
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
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And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.
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And the wife of Urijah heard that Urijah her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.
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And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
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And the wife of Uriah heareth that Uriah her husband `is' dead, and lamenteth for her lord;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. There is something pathetic in this repetition of the name of the murdered man, and his close relationship with Bathsheba is dwelt upon by his being twice called "her husband," and she "Uriah's wife." Having been the cause of his murder, she is careful to make for him the customary mourning. How long it lasted is uncertain. The mourning for Aaron (Numbers 20:29) and that for Moses (Deuteronomy 34:8) were each for thirty days; while that for Jacob at Atad (Genesis 50:10) and that of the men of Jabesh-Gilead for Saul (1 Samuel 31:13) lasted only for seven days. Both these, however, were under such exceptional circumstances as made them no rule; but in Ecclus. 22:12 we read, "Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead," and the national lamentation for Judith lasted the same time (Judith 16:24). Probably, however, the mourning of a widow for her husband would last a month.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) Mourned for her husband.--How long this mourning lasted we are not told. The usual period was seven days (Genesis 1:10; 1Samuel 31:13), and although that of a widow may well have been somewhat longer, it was doubtless, under the circumstances, made as short as was consistent with decency.
