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: 2Sa 3:2-5, 2Sa 5:13-16, 2Sa 12:9; Deu 22:29
But the thing: Gen 38:10; 1Ch 21:7
displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of, Psa 5:6, Psa 51:4-5; Heb 13:4