2Samuel:11

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* And it came to pass when the time of the year for kings going out to battle had come round , that David sent Joab , and his servants with him , and all Israel ; and they destroyed the children of Ammon , and besieged Rabbath : but David remained at Jerusalem . * And it came to pass toward evening , that David arose off his couch , and walked on the roof of the king ’s house , and saw from the roof a woman bathing ; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon . * And David sent and enquired about the woman : and one said , Is not this Bersabee the daughter of Eliab , the wife of Urias the Chettite ? * And David sent messengers , and took her , and went in to her , and he lay with her : and she was (note :)Gr . sanctified (:note ) purified from her uncleanness , and returned to 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 Urias the Chettite ; and Joab sent Urias to David . * And Urias arrived and went in to him , and David asked him how Joab was , and how the people were , and how the war went on . * And David said to Urias , Go to thy house , and wash thy feet : and Urias departed from the house of the king , and a portion of meat from the king followed him . * And Urias slept at the door of the king with the servants of his lord , and went not down to his house . * And they brought David word , saying , Urias has not gone down to his house . And David said to Urias , Art thou not come from a journey ? why hast thou not gone down to thy house ? * And Urias said to David , The ark , and Israel , and Juda dwell in tents ; and my lord Joab , and the servants of my lord , (note :)Lit . encamp (:note ) are encamped in the open fields ; and shall I go into my house to eat and drink , and lie with my wife ? how should I do this ? as thy soul lives , Gr . if I do this thing I will not do this thing . * And David said to Urias , Remain here to-day also , and to-morrow I will let thee go . So Urias remained in Jerusalem that day and the day following . * And David called him , and he ate before him and drank , and he made him drunk : and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord , and went not down to his house . * And the morning came , and David wrote a letter to Joab , and sent it by the hand of Urias . * And he wrote in the letter , saying , Station Urias in front of the severe part of the fight , and retreat from behind him , so shall he be wounded and die . * And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city , that he set Urias in a place where he knew that valiant men were . * And the men of the city went out , and fought with Joab : and some of the people of the servants of David fell , and Urias the Chettite died also . * And Joab sent , and reported to David all the events of the war , (note :)Alex . and Hebrews . make the verse end here (:note ) so as to tell them to the king . * And he charged the messenger , saying , When thou hast finished reporting all the events of the war to the king , * then it shall come to pass if the anger of the king shall arise , and he shall say to thee , Why did ye draw nigh to the city to fight ? knew ye not that they would shoot from off the wall ? * Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal son of Ner ? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from above the wall , and he died in Thamasi ? why did ye draw near to the wall ? then thou shalt say , Thy servant Urias the Chettite is also dead . * And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem , and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him , all the affairs of the war . And David was very angry with Joab , and said to the messenger , Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight ? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall ? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal ? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall , and he died in Thamasi ? why did ye draw near to the wall ? * And the messenger said to David , The men prevailed against us , and they came out against us into the field , and we came upon them even to the door of the gate . * And the archers shot at thy servants from off the wall , and some of the king ’s servants died , and thy servant Urias the Chettite is dead also . * And David said to the messenger , Thus shalt thou say to Joab , Let not the matter be grievous in thine eyes , for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another : strengthen thine array against the city , and destroy it , and strengthen (note :)There can be little doubt that auton , the Alex . reading , is correct , instead of authn (:note ) him . * And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead , and she mourned for her husband . * And the time of mourning expired , and David sent and took her into his house , and she became his wife , and bore him a son : but the thing which David did was evil in the eyes of the Lord .

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