27 And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and (A)she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

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(A)Why have you despised the word of the Lord, (B)to do what is evil in his sight? (C)You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and (D)have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

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(A)Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil (B)in your sight,
(C)so that you may be justified in your words
    and blameless in your judgment.
Behold, (D)I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

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29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her. He may not divorce her all his days.

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10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also.

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(A)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge (B)the sexually immoral and adulterous.

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You destroy those who speak (A)lies;
    the Lord abhors (B)the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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13 And David took more (A)concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David. 14 (B)And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

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(A)And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of (B)Ahinoam of Jezreel; and his second, Chileab, of (C)Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah (D)the daughter of Talmai king of (E)Geshur; and the fourth, (F)Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

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