ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 11
1. And it came to pass[H8666], at the return of the year[H8141], at the time[H6256] when kings[H4428] go out[H3318] to battle[H1732], that David sent[H7971] Joab[H3097], and his servants[H5650] with him[H3478], and all Israel; and they destroyed[H7843] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and besieged[H6696] Rabbah[H7237]. But David[H1732] tarried[H3427] at Jerusalem[H3389].
2. And it came to pass at eventide[H6153], that David[H1732] arose[H6965] from off his bed[H4904], and walked[H1980] upon the roof[H1406] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004]: and from the roof[H1406] he saw[H7200] a woman[H802] bathing[H7364]; and the woman[H802] was very[H3966] beautiful[H2896] to look upon[H4758].
3. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] and inquired[H1875] after the woman[H802]. And one said[H559], Is not this Bath-sheba[H1339], the daughter[H1323] of Eliam[H463], the wife[H802] of Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850]?
4. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397], and took[H3947] her[H935]; and she came in unto him[H7901], and he lay with her[H6942] (for she was purified from her uncleanness[H2932]); and she returned[H7725] unto her house[H1004].
5. And the woman[H802] conceived[H2029]; and she sent[H7971] and told[H5046] David[H1732], and said[H5046], I am with child[H2030].
6. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] to Joab[H3097], saying[H7971], Send me Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850]. And Joab[H3097] sent[H7971] Uriah[H223] to David[H1732].
7. And when Uriah[H223] was come[H935] unto him[H1732], David asked[H7592] of him how Joab[H3097] did[H7965], and how the people[H5971] fared[H7965], and how the war[H4421] prospered[H7965].
8. And David[H1732] said[H559] to Uriah[H223], Go down[H3381] to thy house[H1004], and wash[H7364] thy feet[H7272]. And Uriah[H223] departed out[H3318] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and there followed[H310] him a mess[H4864] of food from the king[H4428].
9. But Uriah[H223] slept[H7901] at the door[H6607] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004] with all the servants[H5650] of his lord[H113], and went not down[H3381] to his house[H1004].
10. And when they had told[H5046] David[H1732], saying[H559], Uriah[H223] went not down[H3381] unto his house[H1004], David[H1732] said[H559] unto Uriah[H223], Art thou not come[H935] from a journey[H1870]? wherefore didst thou not go down[H3381] unto thy house[H1004]?
11. And Uriah[H223] said[H559] unto David[H1732], The ark[H727], and Israel[H3478], and Judah[H3063], abide[H3427] in booths[H5521]; and my lord[H113] Joab[H3097], and the servants[H5650] of my lord[H113], are encamped[H2583] in the open[H6440] field[H7704]; shall I[H589] then go[H935] into my house[H1004], to eat[H398] and to drink[H8354], and to lie[H7901] with my wife[H802]? as thou livest[H2416], and as thy soul[H5315] liveth[H2416], I will not do[H6213] this thing[H1697].
12. And David[H1732] said[H559] to Uriah[H223], Tarry[H3427] here to-day[H3117] also[H4279], and to-morrow I will let thee depart[H7971]. So Uriah[H223] abode[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] that day[H3117], and the morrow[H4283].
13. And when David[H1732] had called[H7121] him[H398], he did eat and drink[H8354] before[H6440] him[H7937]; and he made him drunk: and at even[H6153] he went out[H3318] to lie[H7901] on his bed[H4904] with the servants[H5650] of his lord[H113], but went not down[H3381] to his house[H1004].
14. And it came to pass in the morning[H1242], that David[H1732] wrote[H3789] a letter[H5612] to Joab[H3097], and sent[H7971] it by the hand[H3027] of Uriah[H223].
15. And he wrote[H3789] in the letter[H5612], saying[H559], Set[H3051] ye Uriah[H223] in the forefront[H6440] of the hottest[H2389] battle[H4421], and retire[H7725] ye from him[H310], that he may be smitten[H5221], and die[H4191].
16. And it came to pass[H3097], when Joab kept watch[H8104] upon the city[H5892], that he assigned[H5414] Uriah[H223] unto the place[H4725] where he knew[H3045] that valiant[H2428] men were[H582].
17. And the men[H582] of the city[H5892] went out[H3318], and fought[H3898] with Joab[H3097]: and there fell[H5307] some of the people[H5971], even of the servants[H5650] of David[H1732]; and Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850] died also[H4191].
18. Then Joab[H3097] sent[H7971] and told[H5046] David[H1732] all the things[H1697] concerning the war[H4421];
19. and he charged[H6680] the messenger[H4397], saying[H559], When thou hast made an end[H3615] of telling[H1696] all the things[H1697] concerning the war[H4421] unto the king[H4428],
20. it shall be that[H4428], if the king's wrath[H2534] arise[H5927], and he say[H559] unto thee[H5066], Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city[H5892] to fight[H3898]? knew[H3045] ye not that they would shoot[H3384] from the wall[H2346]?
21. who smote[H5221] Abimelech[H40] the son[H1121] of Jerubbesheth[H3380]? did not a woman[H802] cast[H7993] an upper[H6400] millstone[H7393] upon him from the wall[H2346], so that he died[H4191] at Thebez[H8405]? why went ye so nigh[H5066] the wall[H2346]? then shalt thou say[H559], Thy servant[H5650] Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850] is dead also[H4191].
22. So the messenger[H4397] went[H3212], and came[H935] and showed[H5046] David[H1732] all that Joab[H3097] had sent him for[H7971].
23. And the messenger[H4397] said[H559] unto David[H1732], The men[H582] prevailed[H1396] against us[H3318], and came out unto us into the field[H7704], and we were upon them even unto the entrance[H6607] of the gate[H8179].
24. And the shooters[H3384] shot[H3384] at thy servants[H5650] from off the wall[H2346]; and some of the king[H4428]'s servants[H5650] are dead[H4191], and thy servant[H5650] Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850] is dead also[H4191].
25. Then David[H1732] said[H559] unto the messenger[H4397], Thus shalt thou say[H559] unto Joab[H3097], Let not this thing[H1697] displease[H3415] thee[H2719], for the sword devoureth[H398] one as well as another[H2090]; make thy battle[H4421] more strong[H2388] against the city[H5892], and overthrow[H2040] it[H2388]: and encourage thou him.
26. And when the wife[H802] of Uriah[H223] heard[H8085] that Uriah[H223] her husband[H376] was dead[H4191], she made lamentation[H5594] for her husband[H1167].
27. And when the mourning[H60] was past[H5674], David[H1732] sent[H7971] and took[H622] her home to his house[H1004], and she became his wife[H802], and bare[H3205] him a son[H1121]. But the thing[H1697] that David[H1732] had done[H6213] displeased[H3415] Jehovah[H3068].
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