David and Bathsheba
In the spring, at the time when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab, his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and laid siege to Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. 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. She was very beautiful. David sent someone to find out about her. The answer came back: That's Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. She had just purified herself from her monthly impurity. Then she returned home. The woman conceived and sent word to David: I'm pregnant.
And at the turn of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel. And they wrecked the sons of Ammon and laid siege to Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And it happened one evening that David got up off his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman washing herself. And the woman was very good to look at. And David sent and asked about the woman. And one said: Isn't this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her. Because she was cleaned from her uncleanness. And she went back to her house. And the woman conceived and sent and told David: I'm pregnant.
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 Bathsheba, 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.
In the spring, at the time when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab, his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and laid siege to Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.
And at the turn of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel. And they wrecked the sons of Ammon and laid siege to Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
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.
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. She was very beautiful.
And it happened one evening that David got up off his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman washing herself. And the woman was very good to look at.
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.
David sent someone to find out about her. The answer came back: That's Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.
And David sent and asked about the woman. And one said: Isn't this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. She had just purified herself from her monthly impurity. Then she returned home.
And David sent messengers and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her. Because she was cleaned from her uncleanness. And she went back to her house.
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.
The woman conceived and sent word to David: I'm pregnant.
And the woman conceived and sent and told David: I'm pregnant.
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Uriah
David sent a message to Joab: Send me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah to David. When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab was, how the troops were doing and how the war was going. Then David told Uriah, Go home and wash your feet. Uriah left the palace, and the king sent a gift after him. But Uriah slept at the palace entrance with his master's servants and did not go home. David was told, Uriah didn't go home. So David asked him, Haven't you just come back from a journey? Why didn't you go home? Uriah answered, The ark and the men of Israel and Judah are staying in tents. My commander Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open country. How could I go home to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, I won't do that. David said, Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I'll send you back. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. David invited him to eat and drink and got him drunk. But that evening Uriah again slept among his master's servants and did not go home.
And David sent to Joab: Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. And when Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was and how the people were and how the war was going. And David said to Uriah: Go down to your house and wash your feet. And Uriah went 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. And when they told David: Uriah didn't go down to his house — David said to Uriah: Haven't you come from a journey? Why haven't you gone down to your house? And Uriah said to David: The ark and Israel and Judah stay in tents. And my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open fields. Should I then go into my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As surely as you live and as your soul lives, I won't do this thing. And David said to Uriah: Stay here today too, and tomorrow I'll let you go. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. And when David had called him, he ate and drank in front of him. And he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn't go down to his house.
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.
David sent a message to Joab: Send me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah to David.
And David sent to Joab: Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab was, how the troops were doing and how the war was going.
And when Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was and how the people were and how the war was going.
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
Then David told Uriah, Go home and wash your feet. Uriah left the palace, and the king sent a gift after him.
And David said to Uriah: Go down to your house and wash your feet. And Uriah went out of the king's house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
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 palace entrance with his master's servants and did not go home.
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.
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.
David was told, Uriah didn't go home. So David asked him, Haven't you just come back from a journey? Why didn't you go home?
And when they told David: Uriah didn't go down to his house — David said to Uriah: Haven't you come from a journey? Why haven't you gone down to your 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?
Uriah answered, The ark and the men of Israel and Judah are staying in tents. My commander Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open country. How could I go home to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, I won't do that.
And Uriah said to David: The ark and Israel and Judah stay in tents. And my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open fields. Should I then go into my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As surely as you live and as your soul lives, I won't do this thing.
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.
David said, Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I'll send you back. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
And David said to Uriah: Stay here today too, and tomorrow I'll let you go. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
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.
David invited him to eat and drink and got him drunk. But that evening Uriah again slept among his master's servants and did not go home.
And when David had called him, he ate and drank in front of him. And he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn't go down to his house.
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.
The letter
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah himself. In the letter he wrote: Put Uriah at the front where the fighting is fiercest. Then pull back from him so he is struck down and dies. So while Joab was besieging the city, he placed Uriah where he knew the strongest defenders were. The men of the city came out and fought Joab. Some of David's men fell, and Uriah the Hittite was killed as well. Joab sent David a full report about the battle. He told the messenger, When you've finished giving the king the whole report about the battle, the king may get angry and ask, Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know they'd shoot from the wall? Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth? Wasn't it a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall at Thebez and killed him? Why did you get so close to the wall? If he says that, tell him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead too. The messenger left, came to David and reported everything Joab had told him to say. He told David, Their men came out hard against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate. Then the archers shot at your men from the wall. Some of the king's men died, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead too. David told the messenger, Say this to Joab: Don't let it trouble you. The sword takes one man and then another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it. Encourage Joab with that. When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the mourning period was over, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But what David had done was evil in the Lord's sight.
And in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter: Set Uriah in the front of the hardest battle, and pull back from him, so he can be struck down and die. So when Joab watched the town, he set Uriah in a place where he knew brave men were. And the men of the town came out and fought Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell. And Uriah the Hittite died too. Then Joab sent and told David everything about the war. And he ordered the messenger: When you've finished telling the king everything about the war, and if the king's anger comes up and he says to you: Why did you go so near the town to fight? Didn't you know they'd shoot from the wall? Who struck Abimelek son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn't a woman throw a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? — then say: Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead too. So the messenger went and came and told David everything Joab had sent him for. And the messenger said to David: The men definitely won against us and came out to us into the field, and we drove them back right to the entrance of the gate. And 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 dead too. Then David said to the messenger: This is what you'll say to Joab: Don't let this thing displease you. Because the sword eats one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the town and overthrow it. And make him strong. And when the wife of Uriah heard her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband. And when the mourning was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she was his wife and had him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.
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.
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah himself.
And in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
In the letter he wrote: Put Uriah at the front where the fighting is fiercest. Then pull back from him so he is struck down and dies.
And he wrote in the letter: Set Uriah in the front of the hardest battle, and pull back from him, so he can be struck down and die.
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.
So while Joab was besieging the city, he placed Uriah where he knew the strongest defenders were.
So when Joab watched the town, he set Uriah in a place where he knew brave men were.
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
The men of the city came out and fought Joab. Some of David's men fell, and Uriah the Hittite was killed as well.
And the men of the town came out and fought Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell. And Uriah the Hittite died too.
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.
Joab sent David a full report about the battle.
Then Joab sent and told David everything about the war.
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
He told the messenger, When you've finished giving the king the whole report about the battle,
And he ordered the messenger: When you've finished telling the king everything about the war,
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
the king may get angry and ask, Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know they'd shoot from the wall?
and if the king's anger comes up and he says to you: Why did you go so near the town to fight? Didn't you know they'd shoot from the wall?
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 killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth? Wasn't it a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall at Thebez and killed him? Why did you get so close to the wall? If he says that, tell him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead too.
Who struck Abimelek son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn't a woman throw a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? — then say: Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead too.
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.
The messenger left, came to David and reported everything Joab had told him to say.
So the messenger went and came and told David everything Joab had sent him for.
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
He told David, Their men came out hard against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.
And the messenger said to David: The men definitely won against us and came out to us into the field, and we drove them back right to the entrance of the gate.
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.
Then the archers shot at your men from the wall. Some of the king's men died, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead too.
And 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 dead too.
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.
David told the messenger, Say this to Joab: Don't let it trouble you. The sword takes one man and then another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it. Encourage Joab with that.
Then David said to the messenger: This is what you'll say to Joab: Don't let this thing displease you. Because the sword eats one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the town and overthrow it. And make him strong.
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.
When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
And when the wife of Uriah heard her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
After the mourning period was over, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But what David had done was evil in the Lord's sight.
And when the mourning was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she was his wife and had him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.
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.