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
.
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
.