How we cite our quotes:
Quote #4
When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. (2 Samuel 11:26-27 NRSV)
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. (2 Samuel 11:26-27, KJV)
Ah, the moment of David's great sin. This moment of failure that allows all the other bad things to happen to him (Absalom's rebellion, etc.).
Quote #5
Then David consoled his wife Bathsheba, and went to her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he named him Solomon. The Lord loved him, and sent a message by the prophet Nathan; so he named him Jedidiah, because of the Lord. (2 Samuel 12:24-25, NRSV)
And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him. And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord. (2 Samuel 12:24-25, KJV)
After their first child dies, David conceives another son with Bathsheba. Even though David married Bathsheba thanks to a murder, it turns out that Bathsheba is the wife who will give birth to the new heir, Solomon. So it all works out in the long run… we guess?
Quote #6
Some time passed. David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon fell in love with her. Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. (2 Samuel 13:1-2, NRSV)
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her. (2 Samuel 13:1-2, KJV)
This verse sets the stage not just for the rape of Tamar, but for the entire history of Absalom's struggle with David. Buckle your seatbelts, Shmoopers. It's gonna be a bumpy ride from here on out.