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2 Samuel 11
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 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?
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- 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.
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- And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and
said, I am with child.
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- And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the
Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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- And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him
how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 14
- And it came to pass in the morning, that 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.
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- And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that
he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
- 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.
- 18
- Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning
the war;
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- And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made
an end of telling the matters of the war unto 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?
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- 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.
- 22
- So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all
that Joab had sent him for.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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- And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband
was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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- 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.
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