11:1 And it came to pass, after the year 8141 was expired 8666, at the time 6256 when kings 4428 8675 4397 go forth 3318 8800 [to battle], that David 1732 sent 7971 8799 Joab 3097, and his servants 5650 with him, and all Israel 3478; and they destroyed 7843 8686 the children 1121 of Ammon 5983, and besieged 6696 8799 Rabbah 7237. But David 1732 tarried still 3427 8802 at Jerusalem 3389.(after…: Heb. at the return of the year)

11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide 6153 6256, that David 1732 arose 6965 8799 from off his bed 4904, and walked 1980 8691 upon the roof 1406 of the king's 4428 house 1004: and from the roof 1406 he saw 7200 8799 a woman 802 washing 7364 8801 herself; and the woman 802 [was] very 3966 beautiful 2896 to look upon 4758.

11:3 And David 1732 sent 7971 8799 and enquired 1875 8799 after the woman 802. And [one] said 559 8799, [Is] not this Bathsheba 1339, the daughter 1323 of Eliam 463, the wife 802 of Uriah 223 the Hittite 2850?

11:4 And David 1732 sent 7971 8799 messengers 4397, and took 3947 8799 her; and she came in 935 8799 unto him, and he lay 7901 8799 with her; for she was purified 6942 8693 from her uncleanness 2932: and she returned 7725 8799 unto her house 1004.(for she…: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned)

11:5 And the woman 802 conceived 2029 8799, and sent 7971 8799 and told 5046 8686 David 1732, and said 559 8799, I [am] with child 2030.

11:6 And David 1732 sent 7971 8799 to Joab 3097, [saying], Send 7971 8798 me Uriah 223 the Hittite 2850. And Joab 3097 sent 7971 8799 Uriah 223 to David 1732.

11:7 And when Uriah 223 was come 935 8799 unto him, David 1732 demanded 7592 8799 [of him] how Joab 3097 did 7965, and how the people 5971 did 7965, and how the war 4421 prospered 7965.(how Joab…: Heb. of the peace of, etc)

11:8 And David 1732 said 559 8799 to Uriah 223, Go down 3381 8798 to thy house 1004, and wash 7364 8798 thy feet 7272. And Uriah 223 departed out 3318 8799 of the king's 4428 house 1004, and there followed 310 him a mess 4864 [of meat] from the king 4428.(followed…: Heb. went out after him)

11:9 But Uriah 223 slept 7901 8799 at the door 6607 of the king's 4428 house 1004 with all the servants 5650 of his lord 113, and went not down 3381 8804 to his house 1004.

11:10 And when they had told 5046 8686 David 1732, saying 559 8800, Uriah 223 went not down 3381 8804 unto his house 1004, David 1732 said 559 8799 unto Uriah 223, Camest 935 8802 thou not from [thy] journey 1870? why [then] didst thou not go down 3381 8804 unto thine house 1004?

11:11 And Uriah 223 said 559 8799 unto David 1732, The ark 727, and Israel 3478, and Judah 3063, abide 3427 8802 in tents 5521; and my lord 113 Joab 3097, and the servants 5650 of my lord 113, are encamped 2583 8802 in the open 6440 fields 7704; shall I 589 then go 935 8799 into mine house 1004, to eat 398 8800 and to drink 8354 8800, and to lie 7901 8800 with my wife 802? [as] thou livest 2416, and [as] thy soul 5315 liveth 2416, I will not do 6213 8799 this thing 1697.

11:12 And David 1732 said 559 8799 to Uriah 223, Tarry 3427 8798 here to day 3117 also, and to morrow 4279 I will let thee depart 7971 8762. So Uriah 223 abode 3427 8799 in Jerusalem 3389 that day 3117, and the morrow 4283.

11:13 And when David 1732 had called 7121 8799 him, he did eat 398 8799 and drink 8354 8799 before 6440 him; and he made him drunk 7937 8762: and at even 6153 he went out 3318 8799 to lie 7901 8800 on his bed 4904 with the servants 5650 of his lord 113, but went not down 3381 8804 to his house 1004.

11:14 And it came to pass in the morning 1242, that David 1732 wrote 3789 8799 a letter 5612 to Joab 3097, and sent 7971 8799 [it] by the hand 3027 of Uriah 223.

11:15 And he wrote 3789 8799 in the letter 5612, saying 559 8800, Set 3051 8798 ye Uriah 223 in the forefront 6440 4136 of the hottest 2389 battle 4421, and retire 7725 8804 ye from him 310, that he may be smitten 5221 8738, and die 4191 8804.(hottest: Heb. strong)(from him: Heb. from after him)

11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab 3097 observed 8104 8800 the city 5892, that he assigned 5414 8799 Uriah 223 unto a place 4725 where he knew 3045 8804 that valiant 2428 men 582 [were].

11:17 And the men 582 of the city 5892 went out 3318 8799, and fought 3898 8735 with Joab 3097: and there fell 5307 8799 [some] of the people 5971 of the servants 5650 of David 1732; and Uriah 223 the Hittite 2850 died 4191 8799 also.

11:18 Then Joab 3097 sent 7971 8799 and told 5046 8686 David 1732 all the things 1697 concerning the war 4421;

11:19 And charged 6680 8762 the messenger 4397, saying 559 8800, When thou hast made an end 3615 8763 of telling 1696 8763 the matters 1697 of the war 4421 unto the king 4428,

11:20 And if so be that the king's 4428 wrath 2534 arise 5927 8799, and he say 559 8804 unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh 5066 8738 unto the city 5892 when ye did fight 3898 8736? knew 3045 8804 ye not that they would shoot 3384 8686 from the wall 2346?

11:21 Who smote 5221 8689 Abimelech 40 the son 1121 of Jerubbesheth 3380? did not a woman 802 cast 7993 8689 a piece 6400 of a millstone 7393 upon him from the wall 2346, that he died 4191 8799 in Thebez 8405? why went ye nigh 5066 8738 the wall 2346? then say 559 8804 thou, Thy servant 5650 Uriah 223 the Hittite 2850 is dead 4191 8804 also.

11:22 So the messenger 4397 went 3212 8799, and came 935 8799 and shewed 5046 8686 David 1732 all that Joab 3097 had sent 7971 8804 him for.

11:23 And the messenger 4397 said 559 8799 unto David 1732, Surely the men 582 prevailed 1396 8804 against us, and came out 3318 8799 unto us into the field 7704, and we were upon them even unto the entering 6607 of the gate 8179.

11:24 And the shooters 3384 8688 shot 3384 8686 from off the wall 2346 upon thy servants 5650; and [some] of the king's 4428 servants 5650 be dead 4191 8799, and thy servant 5650 Uriah 223 the Hittite 2850 is dead 4191 8804 also.

11:25 Then David 1732 said 559 8799 unto the messenger 4397, Thus shalt thou say 559 8799 unto Joab 3097, Let not this thing 1697 displease 3415 8799 5869 thee, for the sword 2719 devoureth 398 8799 one as well as another 2090: make thy battle 4421 more strong 2388 8685 against the city 5892, and overthrow 2040 8798 it: and encourage 2388 8761 thou him.(displease…: Heb. be evil in thine eyes)(one…: Heb. so and such)

11:26 And when the wife 802 of Uriah 223 heard 8085 8799 that Uriah 223 her husband 376 was dead 4191 8804, she mourned 5594 8799 for her husband 1167.

11:27 And when the mourning 60 was past 5674 8799, David 1732 sent 7971 8799 and fetched 622 8799 her to his house 1004, and she became his wife 802, and bare 3205 8799 him a son 1121. But the thing 1697 that David 1732 had done 6213 8804 displeased 3415 8799 5869 the LORD 3068.(displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of)

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