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2 Samuel 11:1-27

At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at. David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”

David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house. The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David. When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered. David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him. But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house. When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?”

Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!”

David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next day. When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house. In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die.”

When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were. The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also. Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king, it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall? Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’ ”

So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate. The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him.”

When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

    At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.

    David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”

    David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

    The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

    David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.

    When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

    David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

    But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house.

    When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?”

    Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!”

    David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.

    When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.

    In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

    He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die.”

    When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.

    The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

    Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

    and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

    it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?

    Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’ ”

    So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

    The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.

    The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

    Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him.”

    When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

    When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

    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.

    And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

    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.

    And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

    And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

    And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

    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.

    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.

    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?

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

    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.

    And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

    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.

    Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

    And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

    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?

    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.

    So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

    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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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out 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 at Jerusalem.

    And it came to pass at eventide, 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 bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

    And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

    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.

    And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child.'

    And David sent to Joab, saying: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent Uriah to David.

    And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

    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 food from the king.

    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.

    And when they had told David, saying: 'Uriah went not down unto his house', David said unto Uriah: 'Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house?'

    And Uriah said unto David: 'The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my 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.'

    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.

    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.

    And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

    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.'

    And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.

    And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab; and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

    Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

    and he charged the messenger, saying: 'When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

    it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee: Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

    who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say: Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'

    So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.

    And the messenger said unto David: 'The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.

    And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'

    Then David said unto the messenger: 'Thus shalt thou say unto Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth in one manner or another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it; and encourage thou him.'

    And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.

    And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

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  • 2 Samuel 3:31 (v26) David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn in front…
  • 2 Samuel 4:7 (v2) Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and…
  • 2 Samuel 5:13-16 (v27) David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to…
  • 2 Samuel 11:17 (v15) The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
  • 2 Samuel 11:21 (v16) Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why…
  • 2 Samuel 12:26 (v25) Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
  • 2 Samuel 12:26-28 (v1) Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought…
  • 2 Samuel 14:2 (v26) Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please,…
  • 2 Samuel 14:19 (v11) The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to…
  • 2 Samuel 20:9-10 (v16) Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. But Amasa took no heed…
  • 1 Kings 2:5 (v16) “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the…
  • 1 Kings 2:31-34 (v16) The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause,…
  • 1 Kings 21:12-14 (v16) They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked…
  • 2 Kings 10:6 (v16) Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, “If you are on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the…
  • 1 Chronicles 11:41 (v3) Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
  • Job 20:12-14 (v6) “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still…
  • Job 31:9-11 (v4) “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door, then let my wife grind for another, and let others…
  • Psalms 5:6 (v27) You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
  • Psalms 12:2 (v8) Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
  • Psalms 19:13 (v14) Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27 The year following about the spring time.

The year following about the spring time.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv1–27 2Sa 11:1 And it came to pass, after the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 25, 27 After the year was expired; when that year ended,…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On vv1, 6, 14 Here is, I. David's glory, in pursuing the war…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv1–27 And it came to pass, that after the year…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 27 David commits adultery with Bathsheba, ver. 1-5. endeavours to…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 27 David sends Joab against the Ammonites, who besieges the…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 25, 27 2Sa 11:1. After the year was expired — Hebrew,…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 26 After the year was expired - The next spring…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 26, 27 Year. Hebrew, "at the end of the year," (Chaldean;…
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain On v1 The beglooming of David’s royal rule by the sins…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 14 DAVID COMMITS ADULTERY WITH BATH-SHEBA. (Sa2 11:2-12)
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27 SIEGE OF RABBAH, 2Sa_11:1.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 Ch. 2Sa_11:1. The siege of Rabbah
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 25, 26, 27 (1) After the year was expired.—Literally, as in margin,…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 After the year was expired; Hebrew and Revised Version,…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 13, 14, 27 The year was expired.
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain On v1
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain On v1 2Sa_11:1. “After the year,” etc., rather, at the return…
The Sermon Bible 1900 · Public Domain On v1 2Sa 11:27
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain On v1 David and Bathsheba
Arno C. Gaebelein 1922 · Public Domain On v1 1. David’s Great Sin
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On vv1, 14 David’s Adultery
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 26 It came about in the springtime
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 16, 21, 25 11:1-27 David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of…
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