11:1 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 1 , In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 2 , One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,
11:3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, 'Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 3 , and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, 'Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'
11:4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 4 , Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home.
11:5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, 'I am pregnant.'
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 5 , The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, 'I am pregnant.'
11:6 So David sent this word to Joab: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent him to David.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 6 , So David sent this word to Joab: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent him to David.
11:7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 7 , When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.
11:8 Then David said to Uriah, 'Go down to your house and wash your feet.' So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 8 , Then David said to Uriah, 'Go down to your house and wash your feet.' So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
11:9 But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master's servants and did not go down to his house.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 9 , But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master's servants and did not go down to his house.
11:10 When David was told, 'Uriah did not go home,' he asked him, 'Haven't you just come from a distance? Why didn't you go home?'
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 10 , When David was told, 'Uriah did not go home,' he asked him, 'Haven't you just come from a distance? Why didn't you go home?'
11:11 Uriah said to David, 'The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!'
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 11 , Uriah said to David, 'The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!'
11:12 Then David said to him, 'Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.' So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 12 , Then David said to him, 'Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.' So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
11:13 At David's invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master's servants; he did not go home.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 13 , At David's invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master's servants; he did not go home.
11:14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 14 , In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
11:15 In it he wrote, 'Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.'
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 15 , In it he wrote, 'Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.'
11:16 So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 16 , So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.
11:17 When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David's army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 17 , When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David's army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.
11:18 Joab sent David a full account of the battle.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 18 , Joab sent David a full account of the battle.
11:19 He instructed the messenger: 'When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle,
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 19 , He instructed the messenger: 'When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle,
11:20 the king's anger may flare up, and he may ask you, 'Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 20 , the king's anger may flare up, and he may ask you, 'Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?
11:21 Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth ? Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?' If he asks you this, then say to him, 'Also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.''
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 21 , Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth ? Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?' If he asks you this, then say to him, 'Also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.''
11:22 The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 22 , The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.
11:23 The messenger said to David, 'The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance to the city gate.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 23 , The messenger said to David, 'The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance to the city gate.
11:24 Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 24 , Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'
11:25 David told the messenger, 'Say this to Joab: 'Don't let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.' Say this to encourage Joab.'
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 25 , David told the messenger, 'Say this to Joab: 'Don't let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.' Say this to encourage Joab.'
11:26 When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 26 , When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
11:27 After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.
The NIV Book of 2Samuel , Chapter 11 , Verse 27 , After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.
