^{25 Ref} Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.

^{26 Ref} And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

^{27 Ref} And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.