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2 Samuel 11:27

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And when: etc. The whole of her conduct indicates that she observed the form, without feeling the power of sorrow. She lost a captain, and got a king for her husband, and therefore, Lacrymas non sponte cadentes effudit; gemitusque expressit pectore laeto:; "She shed reluctant tears; and forced out groans from a joyful breast!"

fetched her: 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 2 Samuel 5:13-16, 2 Samuel 12:9; Deuteronomy 22:29

But the thing: Genesis 38:10; 1 Chronicles 21:7

displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of, Psalms 5:6, Psalms 51:4-5; Hebrews 13:4

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