1
H8141
And it came to pass, after the year
H8666
had ended,
H6256
at the time
H4428 H4397 [H8675]
when kings
H3318 [H8800]
go forth
H1732
to battle, that David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H3097
Joab,
H5650
and his servants
H3478
with him, and all Israel;
H7843 [H8686]
and they decayed
H1121
the sons
H5983
of Ammon,
H6696 [H8799]
and besieged
H7237
Rabbah.
H1732
But David
H3427 [H8802]
tarried still
H3389
at Jerusalem.
2
H6153 H6256
And it came to pass in an evening,
H1732
that David
H6965 [H8799]
arose
H4904
from off his bed,
H1980 [H8691]
and walked
H1406
upon the roof
H4428
of the king's
H1004
house:
H1406
and from the roof
H7200 [H8799]
he saw
H802
a woman
H7364 [H8801]
washing
H802
herself; and the woman
H3966
was very
H2896
beautiful
H4758
to look upon.
3
H1732
And David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H1875 [H8799]
and enquired
H802
after the woman.
H559 [H8799]
And one said,
H1339
Is not this Bathsheba,
H1323
the daughter
H463
of Eliam,
H802
the wife
H223
of Uriah
H2850
the Hittite?
4
H1732
And David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H4397
messengers,
H3947 [H8799]
and took
H935 [H8799]
her; and she came in
H7901 [H8799]
to him, and he lay
H6942 [H8693]
with her; for she was purified
H2932
from her uncleanness:
H7725 [H8799]
and she returned
H1004
to her house.
5
H802
And the woman
H2029 [H8799]
conceived,
H7971 [H8799]
and sent
H5046 [H8686]
and told
H1732
David,
H559 [H8799]
and said,
H2030
I am with child.
6
H1732
And David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H3097
to Joab,
H7971 [H8798]
saying, Send
H223
me Uriah
H2850
the Hittite.
H3097
And Joab
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H223
Uriah
H1732
to David.
7
H223
And when Uriah
H935 [H8799]
had come
H1732
to him, David
H7592 [H8799]
enquired
H3097
of him how Joab
H7965
did,
H5971
and how the people
H7965
did,
H4421
and how the war
H7965
prospered.
8
H1732
And David
H559 [H8799]
said
H223
to Uriah,
H3381 [H8798]
Go down
H1004
to thy house,
H7364 [H8798]
and wash
H7272
thy feet.
H223
And Uriah
H3318 [H8799]
departed out
H4428
of the king's
H1004
house,
H310
and there followed
H4864
him a present
H4428
from the king.
9
H223
But Uriah
H7901 [H8799]
slept
H6607
at the door
H4428
of the king's
H1004
house
H5650
with all the servants
H113
of his sovereign,
H3381 [H8804]
and went not down
H1004
to his house.
10
H5046 [H8686]
And when they had told
H1732
David,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H223
Uriah
H3381 [H8804]
went not down
H1004
to his house,
H1732
David
H559 [H8799]
said
H223
to Uriah,
H935 [H8802]
Camest
H1870
thou not from thy journey?
H3381 [H8804]
why then didst thou not go down
H1004
to thy house?
11
H223
And Uriah
H559 [H8799]
said
H1732
to David,
H727
The ark,
H3478
and Israel,
H3063
and Judah,
H3427 [H8802]
abide
H5521
in booths;
H113
and my sovereign
H3097
Joab,
H5650
and the servants
H113
of my sovereign,
H2583 [H8802]
are encamped
H6440
in the open
H7704
fields;
H589
shall I
H935 [H8799]
then go
H1004
into my house,
H398 [H8800]
to eat
H8354 [H8800]
and to drink,
H7901 [H8800]
and to lie
H802
with my wife?
H2416
as thou livest,
H5315
and as thy breath
H2416
liveth,
H6213 [H8799]
I will not do
H1697
this thing.
12
H1732
And David
H559 [H8799]
said
H223
to Uriah,
H3427 [H8798]
Tarry
H3117
here to day
H4279
also, and to morrow
H7971 [H8762]
I will let thee depart.
H223
So Uriah
H3427 [H8799]
abode
H3389
in Jerusalem
H3117
that day,
H4283
and the next.
13
H1732
And when David
H7121 [H8799]
had called
H398 [H8799]
him, he ate
H8354 [H8799]
and drank
H6440
at the face of
H7937 [H8762]
him; and he made him drunk:
H6153
and at evening
H3318 [H8799]
he went out
H7901 [H8800]
to lie
H4904
on his bed
H5650
with the servants
H113
of his sovereign,
H3381 [H8804]
but went not down
H1004
to his house.
14
H1242
And it came to pass in the morning,
H1732
that David
H3789 [H8799]
wrote
H5612
a letter
H3097
to Joab,
H7971 [H8799]
and sent
H3027
it by the hand
H223
of Uriah.
15
H3789 [H8799]
And he wrote
H5612
in the letter,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H3051 [H8798]
Set
H223
ye Uriah
H6440 H4136
in the front line
H2389
of the hottest
H4421
battle,
H7725 [H8804]
and retire
H310
ye from him,
H5221 [H8738]
that he may be smitten,
H4191 [H8804]
and die.
16
H3097
And it came to pass, when Joab
H8104 [H8800]
observed
H5892
the city,
H5414 [H8799]
that he assigned
H223
Uriah
H4725
to a place
H3045 [H8804]
where he knew
H2428
that valiant
H582
men were.
17
H582
And the men
H5892
of the city
H3318 [H8799]
went out,
H3898 [H8735]
and fought
H3097
with Joab:
H5307 [H8799]
and there fell
H5971
some of the people
H5650
of the servants
H1732
of David;
H223
and Uriah
H2850
the Hittite
H4191 [H8799]
died also.
18
H3097
Then Joab
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H5046 [H8686]
and told
H1732
David
H1697
all the things
H4421
concerning the war;
19
H6680 [H8762]
And charged
H4397
the messenger,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H3615 [H8763]
When thou hast finished
H1696 [H8763]
telling
H1697
the matters
H4421
of the war
H4428
to the king,
20
H4428
And if the king's
H2534
hot anger
H5927 [H8799]
shall rise,
H559 [H8804]
and he shall say
H5066 [H8738]
to thee, Why approached ye so near
H5892
to the city
H3898 [H8736]
for the fight?
H3045 [H8804]
knew
H3384 [H8686]
ye not that they would shoot
H2346
from the wall?
21
H5221 [H8689]
Who smote
H40
Abimelech
H1121
the son
H3380
of Jerubbesheth?
H802
did not a woman
H7993 [H8689]
cast
H6400
a piece
H7393
of a millstone
H2346
upon him from the wall,
H4191 [H8799]
that he died
H8405
in Thebez?
H5066 [H8738]
why went ye near
H2346
the wall?
H559 [H8804]
then say
H5650
thou, Thy servant
H223
Uriah
H2850
the Hittite
H4191 [H8804]
is dead also.
22
H4397
So the messenger
H3212 [H8799]
went,
H935 [H8799]
and came
H5046 [H8686]
and showed
H1732
David
H3097
all that Joab
H7971 [H8804]
had sent him for.
23
H4397
And the messenger
H559 [H8799]
said
H1732
to David,
H582
Surely the men
H1396 [H8804]
prevailed
H3318 [H8799]
against us, and came out
H7704
to us into the field,
H6607
and we were upon them even to the entrance
H8179
of the gate.
24
H3384 [H8688]
And the shooters
H3384 [H8686]
shot
H2346
from off the wall
H5650
upon thy servants;
H4428
and some of the king's
H5650
servants
H4191 [H8799]
are dead,
H5650
and thy servant
H223
Uriah
H2850
the Hittite
H4191 [H8804]
is dead also.
25
H1732
Then David
H559 [H8799]
said
H4397
to the messenger,
H559 [H8799]
Thus shalt thou say
H3097
to Joab,
H1697
Let not this thing
H3415 H5869 [H8799]
displease
H2719
thee, for the sword
H398 [H8799]
devoureth
H2090
one as well as another:
H4421
make thy battle
H2388 [H8685]
more strong
H5892
against the city,
H2040 [H8798]
and overthrow
H2388 [H8761]
it: and encourage thou him.
26
H802
And when the wife
H223
of Uriah
H8085 [H8799]
heard
H223
that Uriah
H376
her husband
H4191 [H8804]
was dead,
H5594 [H8799]
she mourned
H1167
for her husband.
27
H60
And when the mourning
H5674 [H8799]
was past,
H1732
David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H622 [H8799]
and brought
H1004
her to his house,
H802
and she became his wife,
H3205 [H8799]
and bore
H1121
him a son.
H1697
But the thing
H1732
that David
H6213 [H8804]
had done
H3415 H5869 [H8799]
displeased
H3068
the LORD.