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1 # And it came to pass, after the year <08141> was expired <08666>, at the time <06256> when kings <04428> (8675) <04397> go forth <03318> (8800) to battle, that David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) Joab <03097>, and his servants <05650> with him, and all Israel <03478>; and they destroyed <07843> (8686) the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and besieged <06696> (8799) Rabbah <07237>. But David <01732> tarried still <03427> (8802) at Jerusalem <03389>.
2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide <06153> <06256>, that David <01732> arose <06965> (8799) from off his bed <04904>, and walked <01980> (8691) upon the roof <01406> of the king's <04428> house <01004>: and from the roof <01406> he saw <07200> (8799) a woman <0802> washing <07364> (8801) herself; and the woman <0802> was very <03966> beautiful <02896> to look upon <04758>.
3 And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) and enquired <01875> (8799) after the woman <0802>. And one said <0559> (8799), Is not this Bathsheba <01339>, the daughter <01323> of Eliam <0463>, the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>?
4 And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397>, and took <03947> (8799) her; and she came in <0935> (8799) unto him, and he lay <07901> (8799) with her; for she was purified <06942> (8693) from her uncleanness <02932>: and she returned <07725> (8799) unto her house <01004>.
5 And the woman <0802> conceived <02029> (8799), and sent <07971> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799), I am with child <02030>.
6 # And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) to Joab <03097>, saying, Send <07971> (8798) me Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>. And Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8799) Uriah <0223> to David <01732>.
7 And when Uriah <0223> was come <0935> (8799) unto him, David <01732> demanded <07592> (8799) of him how Joab <03097> did <07965>, and how the people <05971> did <07965>, and how the war <04421> prospered <07965>.
8 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Uriah <0223>, Go down <03381> (8798) to thy house <01004> , and wash <07364> (8798) thy feet <07272>. And Uriah <0223> departed out <03318> (8799) of the king's <04428> house <01004>, and there followed <0310> him a mess <04864> of meat from the king <04428>.
9 But Uriah <0223> slept <07901> (8799) at the door <06607> of the king's <04428> house <01004> with all the servants <05650> of his lord <0113>, and went not down <03381> (8804) to his house <01004>.
10 And when they had told <05046> (8686) David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800), Uriah <0223> went not down <03381> (8804) unto his house <01004>, David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Uriah <0223>, Camest <0935> (8802) thou not from thy journey <01870>? why then didst thou not go down <03381> (8804) unto thine house <01004> ?
11 And Uriah <0223> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, The ark <0727>, and Israel <03478>, and Judah <03063>, abide <03427> (8802) in tents <05521>; and my lord <0113> Joab <03097>, and the servants <05650> of my lord <0113>, are encamped <02583> (8802) in the open <06440> fields <07704>; shall I <0589> then go <0935> (8799) into mine house <01004>, to eat <0398> (8800) and to drink <08354> (8800), and to lie <07901> (8800) with my wife <0802>? as thou livest <02416>, and as thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, I will not do <06213> (8799) this thing <01697>.
12 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Uriah <0223>, Tarry <03427> (8798) here to day <03117> also, and to morrow <04279> I will let thee depart <07971> (8762). So Uriah <0223> abode <03427> (8799) in Jerusalem <03389> that day <03117>, and the morrow <04283>.
13 And when David <01732> had called <07121> (8799) him, he did eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8799) before <06440> him; and he made him drunk <07937> (8762): and at even <06153> he went out <03318> (8799) to lie <07901> (8800) on his bed <04904> with the servants <05650> of his lord <0113>, but went not down <03381> (8804) to his house <01004>.
14 # And it came to pass in the morning <01242>, that David <01732> wrote <03789> (8799) a letter <05612> to Joab <03097>, and sent <07971> (8799) it by the hand <03027> of Uriah <0223>.
15 And he wrote <03789> (8799) in the letter <05612>, saying <0559> (8800), Set <03051> (8798) ye Uriah <0223> in the forefront <06440> <04136> of the hottest <02389> battle <04421>, and retire <07725> (8804) ye from him <0310>, that he may be smitten <05221> (8738), and die <04191> (8804).
16 And it came to pass, when Joab <03097> observed <08104> (8800) the city <05892>, that he assigned <05414> (8799) Uriah <0223> unto a place <04725> where he knew <03045> (8804) that valiant <02428> men <0582> were.
17 And the men <0582> of the city <05892> went out <03318> (8799), and fought <03898> (8735) with Joab <03097>: and there fell <05307> (8799) some of the people <05971> of the servants <05650> of David <01732>; and Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> died <04191> (8799) also.
18 Then Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) David <01732> all the things <01697> concerning the war <04421>;
19 And charged <06680> (8762) the messenger <04397>, saying <0559> (8800), When thou hast made an end <03615> (8763) of telling <01696> (8763) the matters <01697> of the war <04421> unto the king <04428>,
20 And if so be that the king's <04428> wrath <02534> arise <05927> (8799), and he say <0559> (8804) unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh <05066> (8738) unto the city <05892> when ye did fight <03898> (8736)? knew <03045> (8804) ye not that they would shoot <03384> (8686) from the wall <02346>?
21 Who smote <05221> (8689) Abimelech <040> the son <01121> of Jerubbesheth <03380>? did not a woman <0802> cast <07993> (8689) a piece <06400> of a millstone <07393> upon him from the wall <02346>, that he died <04191> (8799) in Thebez <08405>? why went ye nigh <05066> (8738) the wall <02346>? then say <0559> (8804) thou, Thy servant <05650> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> is dead <04191> (8804) also.
22 So the messenger <04397> went <03212> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) and shewed <05046> (8686) David <01732> all that Joab <03097> had sent <07971> (8804) him for.
23 And the messenger <04397> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, Surely the men <0582> prevailed <01396> (8804) against us, and came out <03318> (8799) unto us into the field <07704>, and we were upon them even unto the entering <06607> of the gate <08179>.
24 And the shooters <03384> (8688) shot <03384> (8686) from off the wall <02346> upon thy servants <05650> ; and some of the king's <04428> servants <05650> be dead <04191> (8799), and thy servant <05650> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> is dead <04191> (8804) also.
25 Then David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the messenger <04397>, Thus shalt thou say <0559> (8799) unto Joab <03097>, Let not this thing <01697> displease <03415> (8799) <05869> thee, for the sword <02719> devoureth <0398> (8799) one as well as another <02090>: make thy battle <04421> more strong <02388> (8685) against the city <05892> , and overthrow <02040> (8798) it: and encourage <02388> (8761) thou him.
26 And when the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> heard <08085> (8799) that Uriah <0223> her husband <0376> was dead <04191> (8804), she mourned <05594> (8799) for her husband <01167>.
27 And when the mourning <060> was past <05674> (8799), David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) and fetched <0622> (8799) her to his house <01004>, and she became his wife <0802>, and bare <03205> (8799) him a son <01121> . But the thing <01697> that David <01732> had done <06213> (8804) displeased <03415> (8799) <05869> the LORD <03068>.