So Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel the son of Laish [to whom Saul had given her].

But her husband went with her, weeping continually behind her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner told him, “Go, return.” And he did so.

When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.

The king asked her, “What is the matter?” She said, “Truly I am a widow; my husband is dead.

Now behold, the entire family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother, so that we may put him to death [to pay] for the life of his brother whom he killed and destroy the heir also.’ By doing this they will extinguish my coal that is left, leaving my husband without a name or a remnant (heir) on the face of the earth.”