Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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.
It
happened,
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 stayed
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
.
It
happened
at
evening ,
that
David arose
from off
his bed ,
and walked
on the roof of the king's
house:
and from the roof he saw a woman bathing ;
and
the
woman
was
very beautiful to
look
on
.
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 .”
David send
and inquired after
the woman .
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
.
David sent messengers, and took
her;
and
she came in
to him, and
he lay
with her ( for
she was
purified from her uncleanness) ;
and
she returned to
her
house
.
And
the woman conceived and sent word
to
David, saying
, “
I am pregnant
. ”
The woman conceived ;
and she
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.
David sent to Joab ,
[saying],
Send me Uriah the Hittite. Joab sent Uriah
to David.
When Uriah came
to him, David asked how Joab and the troops
were
doing
with
the war.
When Uriah was
come
to him, David asked of
him
how Joab did,
and how
the people
fared,
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
.
David
said to Uriah, Go down to your house ,
and wash your feet. Uriah departed
out
of
the king's
house
, and there
followed
him
a mess
[of
food]
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
didn't
go 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
? ”
When
they
had
told David
, saying,
Uriah didn't
go down
to
his
house,
David
said
to
Uriah,
Haven't
you come
from a journey? why did
you not
go down
to
your
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 !”
Uriah said
to
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 you live, and as your soul lives, 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.
David said to Uriah, Stay
here
today
also,
and tomorrow I will let
you depart
. So Uriah abode
in Jerusalem that day ,
and the next day
.
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
.
When
David had
called
him,
he
ate
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 didn't
go down
to
his
house
.
The next
morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with
Uriah.
It
happened
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
. ”
He
wrote
in the letter ,
saying,
Set
Uriah in
the forefront
of the hottest
battle ,
and
retire
you
from him, that he may be struck ,
and die
.
So
as
Joab besieged
the city, he assigned Uriah to a
place where he saw
the
strongest
enemy
soldiers
.
It
happened,
when
Joab kept
watch
on
the city, that
he assigned Uriah to the
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.
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
.
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 he
charged
the messenger, saying,
"
When you have made
an
end
of
telling
all the things
concerning
the war
to
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?
it
shall
be
that,
if the king's
wrath
arise
, and
he tells
you, '
Why did you go
so near
to the city to fight? Didn't
you know
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 struck
Abimelech the
son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't
a woman cast
an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at
Thebez? Why did you go
so near
the wall? '
then shall
you say, '
Your 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
shown
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.
The messenger said to David, The men prevailed
against
us ,
and came out to
us into
the field, and
we were
on
them even
to the entrance 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
. ”
The shooters
shot at your servants from off
the wall ;
and some of the king's
servants are
dead,
and your 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
to
the messenger, Thus
shall
you
tell
Joab ,
Don't
let this thing
displease
you, for the sword devours one as well as another ;
make
your battle
more
strong
against the city ,
and overthrow
it :
and
encourage you
him.
When Uriah’s
wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned
for him
.
When the
wife of
Uriah
heard that Uriah
her husband was dead, she made
lamentation
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
.
When the mourning was past
, David sent
and
took
her home
to his house, and she became his wife ,
and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased
Yahweh
.
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