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1. And it came to pass,[H1961] after the year[H8141] was expired,[H8666] at the time[H6256] when kings[H4428] go forth[H3318] to battle, that David[H1732] sent[H7971] [H853] Joab,[H3097] and his servants[H5650] with[H5973] him, and all[H3605] Israel;[H3478] and they destroyed[H7843] [H853] the children[H1121] of Ammon,[H5983] and besieged[H6696] [H5921] Rabbah.[H7237] But David[H1732] tarried[H3427] still at Jerusalem.[H3389]

2. And it came to pass[H1961] in an eveningtide,[H6256] [H6153] that David[H1732] arose[H6965] from off[H4480] [H5921] his bed,[H4904] and walked[H1980] upon[H5921] the roof[H1406] of the king's[H4428] house:[H1004] and from[H4480] [H5921] the roof[H1406] he saw[H7200] a woman[H802] washing[H7364] herself; and the woman[H802] was very[H3966] beautiful[H2896] to look[H4758] upon.

3. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] and inquired[H1875] after the woman.[H802] And one said,[H559] Is not[H3808] this[H2063] 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; and she came[H935] in unto[H413] him, and he lay[H7901] with her;[H5973] for she[H1931] was purified[H6942] from her uncleanness:[H4480] [H2932] and she returned[H7725] unto[H413] her house.[H1004]

5. And the woman[H802] conceived,[H2029] and sent[H7971] and told[H5046] David,[H1732] and said,[H559] I[H595] am with child.[H2030]

6. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] to[H413] Joab,[H3097] saying, Send[H7971] [H413] me[H853] Uriah[H223] the Hittite.[H2850] And Joab[H3097] sent[H7971] [H853] Uriah[H223] to[H413] David.[H1732]

7. And when Uriah[H223] was come[H935] unto[H413] him, David[H1732] demanded[H7592] of him how Joab[H3097] did,[H7965] and how the people[H5971] did,[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[H3318] out of the king's house,[H4480] [H1004] [H4428] and there followed[H3318] [H310] him a mess[H4864] of meat from the king.[H4428]

9. But Uriah[H223] slept[H7901] at the door[H6607] of the king's[H4428] house[H1004] with[H854] all[H3605] the servants[H5650] of his lord,[H113] and went[H3381] not[H3808] down to[H413] his house.[H1004]

10. And when they had told[H5046] David,[H1732] saying,[H559] Uriah[H223] went not down[H3381] [H3808] unto[H413] his house,[H1004] David[H1732] said[H559] unto[H413] Uriah,[H223] Camest[H935] thou[H859] not[H3808] from thy journey?[H4480] [H1870] why[H4069] then didst thou not[H3808] go down[H3381] unto[H413] thine house?[H1004]

11. And Uriah[H223] said[H559] unto[H413] David,[H1732] The ark,[H727] and Israel,[H3478] and Judah,[H3063] abide[H3427] in tents;[H5521] and my lord[H113] Joab,[H3097] and the servants[H5650] of my lord,[H113] are encamped[H2583] in[H5921] the open[H6440] fields;[H7704] shall I[H589] then go[H935] into[H413] mine house,[H1004] to eat[H398] and to drink,[H8354] and to lie[H7901] with[H5973] my wife?[H802] as thou livest,[H2416] and as thy soul[H5315] liveth,[H2416] I will not do[H6213] [H853] this[H2088] thing.[H1697]

12. And David[H1732] said[H559] to[H413] Uriah,[H223] Tarry[H3427] here[H2088] today[H3117] also,[H1571] and tomorrow[H4279] I will let thee depart.[H7971] So Uriah[H223] abode[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] that[H1931] day,[H3117] and the morrow.[H4480] [H4283]

13. And when David[H1732] had called[H7121] him, he did eat[H398] and drink[H8354] before[H6440] him; and he made him drunk:[H7937] and at even[H6153] he went out[H3318] to lie[H7901] on his bed[H4904] with[H5973] the servants[H5650] of his lord,[H113] but went[H3381] not[H3808] down to[H413] his house.[H1004]

14. And it came to pass[H1961] in the morning,[H1242] that David[H1732] wrote[H3789] a letter[H5612] to[H413] 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[H853] Uriah[H223] in[H413] the forefront[H4136] [H6440] of the hottest[H2389] battle,[H4421] and retire[H7725] ye from[H4480] [H310] him, that he may be smitten,[H5221] and die.[H4191]

16. And it came to pass,[H1961] when Joab[H3097] observed[H8104] [H413] the city,[H5892] that he assigned[H5414] [H853] Uriah[H223] unto[H413] a place[H4725] where[H834] [H8033] he knew[H3045] that[H3588] valiant[H2428] men[H376] were.

17. And the men[H376] of the city[H5892] went out,[H3318] and fought[H3898] with[H854] Joab:[H3097] and there fell[H5307] some of[H4480] the people[H5971] of the servants[H4480] [H5650] of David;[H1732] and Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850] died[H4191] also.[H1571]

18. Then Joab[H3097] sent[H7971] and told[H5046] David[H1732] [H853] all[H3605] the things[H1697] concerning the war;[H4421]

19. And charged[H6680] [H853] the messenger,[H4397] saying,[H559] When thou hast made an end[H3615] of telling[H1696] the matters[H1697] of the war[H4421] unto[H413] the king,[H4428]

20. And if[H518] so be[H1961] that the king's[H4428] wrath[H2534] arise,[H5927] and he say[H559] unto thee, Wherefore[H4069] approached[H5066] ye so nigh unto[H413] the city[H5892] when ye did fight?[H3898] knew[H3045] ye not[H3808] that[H834] they would shoot[H3384] from[H4480] [H5921] the wall?[H2346]

21. Who[H4310] smote[H5221] [H853] Abimelech[H40] the son[H1121] of Jerubbesheth?[H3380] did not[H3808] a woman[H802] cast[H7993] a piece[H6400] of a millstone[H7393] upon[H5921] him from[H4480] [H5921] the wall,[H2346] that he died[H4191] in Thebez?[H8405] why[H4100] went ye nigh[H5066] [H413] the wall?[H2346] then say[H559] thou, Thy servant[H5650] Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850] is dead[H4191] also.[H1571]

22. So the messenger[H4397] went,[H1980] and came[H935] and showed[H5046] David[H1732] [H853] all[H3605] that[H834] Joab[H3097] had sent[H7971] him for.

23. And the messenger[H4397] said[H559] unto[H413] David,[H1732] Surely[H3588] the men[H376] prevailed[H1396] against[H5921] us, and came out[H3318] unto[H413] us into the field,[H7704] and we were[H1961] upon[H5921] them even unto[H5704] the entering[H6607] of the gate.[H8179]

24. And the shooters[H3384] shot[H3384] from off[H4480] [H5921] the wall[H2346] upon[H413] thy servants;[H5650] and some of the king's servants[H4480] [H5650] [H4428] be dead,[H4191] and thy servant[H5650] Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850] is dead[H4191] also.[H1571]

25. Then David[H1732] said[H559] unto[H413] the messenger,[H4397] Thus[H3541] shalt thou say[H559] unto[H413] Joab,[H3097] Let not[H408] [H853] this[H2088] thing[H1697] displease[H3415] [H5869] thee, for[H3588] the sword[H2719] devoureth[H398] one[H2088] as well as another:[H2090] make thy battle[H4421] more strong[H2388] against[H413] the city,[H5892] and overthrow[H2040] it: and encourage[H2388] thou him.

26. And when the wife[H802] of Uriah[H223] heard[H8085] that[H3588] Uriah[H223] her husband[H376] was dead,[H4191] she mourned[H5594] for[H5921] her husband.[H1167]

27. And when the mourning[H60] was past,[H5674] David[H1732] sent[H7971] and fetched[H622] her to[H413] his house,[H1004] and she became[H1961] his wife,[H802] and bore[H3205] him a son.[H1121] But the thing[H1697] that[H834] David[H1732] had done[H6213] displeased[H3415] [H5869] the LORD.[H3068]