{"book":"2 Samuel","slug":"2-samuel","ch":11,"genre":"prose","sub":"2 Samuel","prev":"2-samuel/10","next":"2-samuel/12","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"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.","f":["Literally At the turn of the year"],"h":"David and Bathsheba","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"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.”","f":["Eliam is a variant of Ammiel; see 1 Chronicles 3:5."]},{"v":4,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying,“ I am pregnant.”","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"At this, David sent orders to Joab:“ Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent [him] to David.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Then [he] said to Uriah,“ Go down to your house and wash your feet.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"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?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And David was told,“ Uriah did not go home.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"“ Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah.“ Why didn’t you go home?”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"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!”","f":["Or staying at Sukkoth"],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"“ 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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.","f":[],"h":"David Arranges Uriah’s Death","style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"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.”","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers [were].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"Joab sent to David a full account of the battle","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"and instructed the messenger,“ When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"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?","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Who struck 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 he asks you this,] then you are to say,‘ Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”","f":["Jerubbesheth is also known as Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon."],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Who struck 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?’"},{"style":"reg","t":"[If he asks you this,] then you are to say,‘ Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"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.”","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"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].”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.","f":[],"h":"David Marries Bathsheba","style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"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."},{"style":"reg","t":"But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD."}],"style":"reg"}]}