2 Samuel 11

David committed adultery with Bathsheba while her husband Uriah was at war, and she became pregnant. When David's attempts to cover the sin failed, he ordered Joab to place Uriah in the fiercest fighting, where he was killed.

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1	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.	In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab. His servants with him. All Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2	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.	It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.
3	And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?	David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
4	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.	So David sent messengers and took her. She came to him. He lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.
5	And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.	The woman conceived. She sent and told David, "I am pregnant."
6	And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.	So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7	And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.	When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going.
8	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.	Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." And Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king.
9	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 king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
10	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?	When they told David, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"
11	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.	Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to 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."
12	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 said to Uriah, "Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13	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.	David invited him. He ate in his presence and drank, so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord. But he did not go down to his house.
14	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 morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15	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, "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down and die."
16	And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.	As Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men.
17	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.	The men of the city came out and fought with Joab. Some of the servants of David fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.
18	Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;	Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting.
19	And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,	He instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,
20	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?	Then if the king's anger rises, and if he says to you, 'Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
21	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.	Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not 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 you shall say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.' "
22	So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.	So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
23	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.	The messenger said to David, "The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field. But we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
24	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 the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also."
25	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.	David said to the messenger, "Thus shall you say to Joab, 'Do not let this matter displease you, for the sword devours now one and now another. Strengthen your attack against the city and overthrow it.' And encourage him."
26	And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.	When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband.
27	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.	When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house. She became his wife and bore Him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.