2 Samuel 11:26 - Plain English Version

²⁶ Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba, heard the bad news that her husband was dead, and she cried for him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for Uriah.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.

Common English Bible

²⁶ When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died, and she mourned for him.

2 Samuel 11:26 Cross References

Genesis 27:41

Esau was really angry, because Jacob tricked their father, and their father made Jacob the next leader for their family. So Esau hated Jacob. And Esau said to himself, “My father is going to die soon. When he dies, we will all cry for a time, and then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 50:10

After a while, Joseph and his mob got to the place called Atad, near the Jordan River. There was a place there with flat ground, where farmers sometimes sorted their plants. Joseph and his mob stopped there, and they cried loudly for Joseph’s father. Joseph and his mob cried for 7 days, and they did other things to show that they were very sad.

2 Samuel 11:25

David heard it and said, “Go back and say this to Joab, ‘Don’t be upset about this. Fighting a war is like that. Some die, some stay alive. Keep going. Keep attacking the town. Knock all the houses down.’ Tell Joab that message, so he will not get upset.”

1 Samuel 31:13

and buried the bones under the big tree there. For the next 7 days they ate no food. They just sat sadly together and felt sorry for Saul.