11:27 when the mourning was over. The customary period of mourning for her was probably seven days (Gen. 50:10; 1 Sam. 31:13). National leaders were sometimes mourned for longer periods. Aaron was mourned thirty days (Num. 20:29), likewise Moses (Deut. 34:8). The Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Gen. 50:3).

bore him a son. See 12:14.

displeased the Lord. Lit. “was evil in the eyes of the Lord”; see v. 25. David has broken at least four of the Ten Commandments (Ex. 20:2–17; Deut. 5:6–21), namely, murder, adultery, lying, and coveting his neighbor’s wife.