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And
it
came
to
pass,
at
the
return
of
the year
, at the time when kings go
out `
to battle'
, that
David sent Joab ,
and his servants with him,
and
all
Israel ;
and
they destroyed the children
of
Ammon,
and besieged Rabbah .
But David tarried
at
Jerusalem.
In
the spring
, at the time when kings march
out to war
, David sent out
Joab and his servants with the
whole
army
of
Israel .
They destroyed the Ammonites
and besieged Rabbah ,
but David remained
in
Jerusalem.
And
it
came
to
pass
at
eventide,
that
David arose
from off
his bed ,
and walked
upon
the roof of the king's
house:
and from the roof he saw a woman bathing ;
and
the
woman
was
very beautiful to
look
upon
.
One
evening
David got
up
from his bed and strolled
around
on
the roof of the palace.
And from the roof he saw a woman bathing —a
very beautiful woman
.
And
David send
and inquired after
the woman .
And one
said
, Is
not
this Bath-sheba
, the daughter of Eliam ,
the wife of Uriah the Hittite ?
So
David sent
and inquired about
the woman ,
and he
was
told
, “
This is
Bathsheba
, the daughter of Eliam and
the wife of Uriah the Hittite .”
And
David sent messengers ,
and
took
her ;
and she came in
unto
him, and
he lay
with her ( for
she was
purified from her uncleanness) ;
and
she returned unto
her
house
.
Then
David sent messengers to
get
her ,
and when
she came to
him, he slept
with her .
( Now
she had
just
purified herself
from her uncleanness .
) Then
she returned home
.
And the woman conceived ;
and she
sent and
told
David, and
said
, I am with
child
.
And the woman conceived and sent word
to
David, saying
, “
I am pregnant
. ”
And
David sent to Joab ,
`saying',
Send me Uriah the Hittite. And
Joab sent Uriah
to David.
At
this,
David sent orders
to Joab :
“
Send me Uriah the Hittite. ”
So
Joab sent him
to David.
And
when Uriah was
come
unto
him, David asked of
him
how Joab did,
and how
the people
fared,
and
how
the war prospered
.
When Uriah came
to
him, David asked how Joab and the troops
were
doing
with
the war.
And
David
said to Uriah, Go down to thy
house ,
and wash thy
feet. And
Uriah departed
out
of
the king's
house
, and there
followed
him
a mess
`of
food'
from the king.
Then
he
said to Uriah, “
Go down to your
house and wash your
feet. ”
So
Uriah left
the palace
, and a gift
from the king followed
him
.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's
house
with all the
servants
of
his lord,
and
went
not down to his house.
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace
with all his master’s
servants;
he
did
not go
down to his house.
And when
they
had
told
David ,
saying,
Uriah
went
not
down
unto
his
house
, David
said
unto
Uriah ,
Art
thou
not come
from a journey? wherefore
didst
thou
not
go down
unto
thy
house
?
And David was
told
, “
Uriah did
not go
home.”
“Haven’t
you
just
arrived
from a journey? ”
David
asked
Uriah.
“Why
didn’t
you
go home
? ”
And
Uriah said
unto
David
, The ark ,
and Israel ,
and Judah ,
abide
in booths;
and my lord
Joab ,
and the
servants
of
my
lord,
are encamped
in the open field ;
shall
I then
go into
my house ,
to eat and to
drink ,
and to
lie
with my wife? as thou
livest
, and as thy
soul liveth
, I will not do this
thing .
Uriah answered
, “
The ark and Israel and Judah are
dwelling
in tents,
and my master
Joab and his
soldiers
are camped
in the open field .
How
can
I go to
my house to eat and drink and sleep
with my wife? As surely
as
you
live
, and as your
soul lives
, I will not do such
a
thing !”
And
David said to Uriah, Tarry
here
to-day
also,
and to-morrow
I will let
thee
depart
. So Uriah abode
in Jerusalem that day ,
and the morrow
.
“Stay
here
one
more
day,”
David said to Uriah, “
and tomorrow
I will send
you
back
. ”
So Uriah stayed
in Jerusalem that day and the next
.
And
when
David had
called
him,
he
did
eat and drink before
him ;
and he made
him
drunk :
and at
even
he
went out to lie on his bed
with the
servants
of
his lord
, but went
not down
to
his
house
.
Then
David invited
Uriah
to
eat and drink with
him ,
and he got
Uriah
drunk .
And in
the
evening
Uriah
went out to lie down
on his cot
with his master’s
servants
, but he
did
not go
home
.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the morning ,
that
David wrote a letter to Joab ,
and sent it by
the
hand
of
Uriah.
The next
morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with
Uriah.
And
he
wrote
in the letter ,
saying,
Set
ye
Uriah in
the forefront
of the hottest
battle ,
and
retire
ye
from him, that he may be smitten,
and die
.
In the letter he
wrote:
“Put
Uriah at
the front
of the fiercest
battle ;
then
withdraw
from him, so
that he may be struck
down
and killed
. ”
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Joab kept
watch
upon
the city, that
he assigned Uriah unto
the
place where he knew
that
valiant
men
were
.
So
as
Joab besieged
the city, he assigned Uriah to
a
place where he saw
the
strongest
enemy
soldiers
.
And the men of the city went
out ,
and fought with
Joab :
and
there
fell
some
of
the
people
, even
of the
servants of
David;
and Uriah the Hittite died
also.
And when
the men of the city came
out and fought against
Joab, some
of David’s
servants fell,
and Uriah the Hittite also died
.
Then
Joab sent and
told
David all
the
things
concerning
the war;
Joab sent to
David a
full
account
of
the battle
and he
charged
the messenger, saying,
When thou
hast
made
an
end
of
telling
all
the things
concerning
the war
unto
the king
,
and instructed
the messenger, “
When you
have
finished
giving
the king
all
the details
of
the battle
,
it
shall
be
that,
if the king's
wrath
arise
, and
he say
unto
thee
, Wherefore
went
ye
so nigh
unto
the city to fight? knew
ye
not that
they would shoot from the wall?
if the king’s
anger
flares
, he may
ask
you
, ‘Why
did
you
get
so close
to
the city to fight? Did
you
not realize
they would shoot from atop
the wall?
who smote
Abimelech
the son of Jerubbesheth? did
not a woman cast
an upper millstone upon
him from the wall, so that he died at
Thebez? why went
ye
so nigh
the wall? then shalt
thou
say, Thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also
.
Who was
the one
to
strike
Abimelech
son of Jerubbesheth ? Was
it
not a woman who
dropped
an upper millstone on
him from the wall, so that he died in
Thebez? Why did
you
get
so close
to
the wall? ’
If
so,
then you
are
to
say, ‘Your
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as
well
. ’”
So the messenger went,
and
came
and showed
David all that Joab had sent him for
.
So the messenger set
out
and reported
to
David all that Joab had sent him to
say
.
And
the messenger said unto
David, The men prevailed
against
us ,
and came out unto
us into
the field, and
we were
upon
them even
unto
the entrance of the gate.
The messenger said to
David, “
The men overpowered
us and came out against
us in
the field, but
we drove
them back
to
the entrance of the gate.
And
the shooters
shot at thy
servants from off
the wall ;
and some of the king's
servants are
dead,
and thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also
.
Then
the archers
shot at your
servants from the wall ,
and some of the king’s
servants were
killed.
And your
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as
well
. ”
Then David said
unto
the messenger, Thus
shalt
thou
say unto
Joab ,
Let
not this thing
displease
thee
, for the sword devoureth
one as well as another ;
make
thy
battle
more
strong
against the city ,
and overthrow
it :
and
encourage thou
him.
Then David told
the messenger, “
Say this
to
Joab :
‘Do
not let
this matter
upset
you
, for the sword devours
one as well as another .
Strengthen
your
attack
against the city and demolish
it .’
Encourage him with
these
words
. ”
And
when the
wife of
Uriah
heard that Uriah
her husband was dead, she made
lamentation
for her
husband
.
When Uriah’s
wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned
for him
.
And when the mourning was past
, David sent
and
took
her home
to his house, and she became his wife ,
and bare
him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased
Jehovah
.
And when the time
of
mourning was over
, David had
her brought
to his house, and she became his wife and bore
him a son. But the thing that David had done was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD
.
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