The In-Dept Study of the Bible
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 childrenof Ammonand
besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at
Jerusalem.
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.
3 David sent and inquired after the
woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba,
the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s
wife?”
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.
5 The woman conceived; and she sent
and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
6 David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the
Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 When Uriah had come to him, David
asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
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.
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.
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?”
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!”
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.
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.
14 In the morning, David wrote a letter to
Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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 childrenof Ammonand
besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at
Jerusalem.
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.
3 David sent and inquired after the
woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba,
the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s
wife?”
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.
5 The woman conceived; and she sent
and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
6 David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the
Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 When Uriah had come to him, David
asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
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.
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.
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?”
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!”
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.
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.
14 In the morning, David wrote a letter to
Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.