2 Samuel 11:1-27 And it came to pass, after the year had ended, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they decayed the sons of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

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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.