David · Issue #14 of 18
Bathsheba
2 Samuel 11:1–17 · World English Bible
2 Samuel 11:1
At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, 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.
2 Samuel 11:2
At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
2 Samuel 11:3
David sent and inquired after the woman. One said,
Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?
2 Samuel 11:4
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.
2 Samuel 11:5
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said,
I am with child.
2 Samuel 11:6
David sent to Joab,
Send me Uriah the Hittite.
Joab sent Uriah to David.
2 Samuel 11:7
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
2 Samuel 11:8
David said to Uriah,
Go down to your house and wash your feet.
Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
2 Samuel 11:9
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.
2 Samuel 11:10
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 didn’t you go down to your house?
2 Samuel 11:11
Uriah said to David,
The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; 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!
2 Samuel 11:12
David said to Uriah,
Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.
So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.
2 Samuel 11:13
When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.
2 Samuel 11:14
In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
2 Samuel 11:15
He wrote in the letter, saying,
Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck and die.
2 Samuel 11:16
When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
2 Samuel 11:17
The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
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