Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
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,
after
the year
was
expired
, at the time when kings go
forth
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
still
at
Jerusalem.
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
it
came
to
pass
in
an
eveningtide,
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 washing
herself;
and
the
woman
was
very beautiful to
look
upon
.
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 and inquired after
the woman .
And one
said
, Is not
this
Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam ,
the wife of Uriah the Hittite ?
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
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
.
And the woman conceived and sent word
to
David, saying
, “
I am pregnant
. ”
And the woman conceived ,
and sent and
told
David, and
said
, I am with
child
.
At
this,
David sent orders
to Joab :
“
Send me Uriah the Hittite. ”
So
Joab sent him
to David.
And
David sent to Joab ,
saying,
Send me Uriah the Hittite. And
Joab sent Uriah
to David.
When Uriah came
to
him, David asked
how Joab and the troops
were
doing
with
the war.
And
when Uriah was
come
unto
him, David demanded
of
him
how Joab did,
and how
the people
did,
and
how
the war prospered
.
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
.
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
meat
from the king.
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace
with all his
master’s
servants ;
he
did
not go
down to his house.
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.
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 when
they
had
told David
, saying,
Uriah went
not down
unto
his
house,
David
said
unto
Uriah,
Camest
thou
not
from thy
journey? why then
didst
thou
not
go down
unto
thine
house
?
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
Uriah said
unto
David
, The ark ,
and Israel ,
and Judah ,
abide
in tents ;
and my lord
Joab ,
and the
servants
of
my
lord,
are encamped
in the open fields;
shall
I then
go into
mine
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 .
“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
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
.
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
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
.
The next
morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with
Uriah.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the morning ,
that
David wrote a letter to Joab ,
and sent it by
the
hand
of
Uriah.
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
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
.
So
as
Joab besieged
the city, he assigned Uriah to
a place where he saw
the
strongest
enemy
soldiers
.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Joab observed
the city, that
he assigned Uriah unto
a place where he knew
that
valiant
men
were
.
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.
And the men of the city went
out ,
and fought with
Joab :
and
there
fell
some of the
people
of
the
servants of
David;
and Uriah the Hittite died also
.
Joab sent to
David a
full
account
of
the battle
Then
Joab sent and
told
David all
the things
concerning
the
war;
and instructed
the messenger, “
When you
have
finished
giving
the
king
all
the details
of the battle
,
And charged
the messenger, saying,
When thou
hast
made
an
end
of
telling
the matters
of the war
unto
the
king
,
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?
And
if so
be
that
the king's
wrath
arise
, and
he say
unto
thee
, Wherefore
approached
ye
so nigh
unto
the city when
ye
did
fight? knew
ye
not that
they would shoot from the wall?
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
. ’”
Who smote
Abimelech the
son of Jerubbesheth? did
not a woman cast
a
piece
of
a
millstone upon
him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went
ye
nigh
the wall? then say thou
, Thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also
.
So the messenger set
out
and reported
to
David all that Joab had sent him to
say
.
So the messenger went,
and came
and
showed
David all that Joab had sent him for
.
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 messenger said unto
David, Surely
the men prevailed
against
us ,
and came out unto
us into
the field, and
we were
upon
them even
unto
the entering
of the gate.
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
. ”
And
the shooters
shot from off
the wall upon
thy
servants;
and some of the king's
servants be
dead,
and thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also
.
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
. ”
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.
When Uriah’s
wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him
.
And
when the
wife of
Uriah
heard that Uriah
her husband was dead, she mourned for her
husband
.
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.
And when the mourning was past
, David sent
and
fetched
her to his house, and she became his wife ,
and bare
him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased
the LORD.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible and King James Version. Public domain; source text distributed by BSB Publishing, LLC.; UK publication rights are administered by the Crown's patentee; public domain in most other jurisdictions..