2Samuel:11

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* And it came to pass , at the return of the same season of the year , at the time when kings go forth , that David sent Joab , and his servants with him , and all Israel ; and they destroyed the children of ‘Ammon , and besieged Rabbah . But David remained behind at Jerusalem . * And it happened at evening –tide , that David arose from off his couch , and walked upon the roof of the king ’s house : and he saw from the roof a woman bathing herself ; and the woman was of a very beautiful appearance . * And David sent and inquired after the woman ; and some one said , Behold , this is Beth –sheba ’, the daughter of Eli ’am , the wife of Uriyah the Hittite . * And David sent messengers , and took her ; and she came in unto him , and he lay with her , and she had just purified herself from her uncleanness ; and she returned unto her house . * And the woman conceived ; and she sent and told David , and said , I am with child . * And David sent to Joab , Send unto me Uriyah the Hittite . And Joab sent Uriyah to David . * And when Uriyah was come unto him , David asked after the well –being of Joab , and after the well –being of the people , and how the war prospered . * And David said to Uriyah , Go down to thy house , and wash thy feet . And Uriyah went forth out of the king ’s house , and there followed him a mess of food from the king . * But Uriyah laid himself down at the door of the king ’s house with all the servants of his lord , and went not down to his house . * And they told David , saying , Uriyah is not gone down unto his house : and David said unto Uriyah , Art thou not come from a journey ? why then art thou not gone down unto thy own house ? * Then said Uriyah unto David , The ark , and Israel , and Judah abide in booths ; and my Lord Joab and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open field : and should I alone go unto my 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 unto Uriyah , Tarry here also this day , and tomorrow will I send thee off . So Uriyah remained in Jerusalem on that day and the following . * And David invited him , and he ate and drank before him , and he made him drunken ; and he went out in the evening to lie down on his resting –place with the servants of his lord ; but to his house he did not go down . * And it came to pass in the morning , that David wrote a letter to Joab , and sent it by the hand of Uriyah . * And he wrote in the letter , saying , Set Uriyah in front , opposite to the hottest fight , and then withdraw from behind him , that he may be smitten and die . * And it came to pass , when Joab was enclosing the city , that he placed Uriyah toward the spot of which he knew that valiant men were there . * 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 there died also Uriyah the Hittite . * Then did Joab send , and told unto David all the events of the war . * And he charged the messenger , saying , When thou hast finished telling all the events of the war to the king , * And it happen that the king ’s wrath arise , and he say unto thee , Wherefore did you approach unto the city to fight ? knew ye not , that they would shoot down from off the wall ? * Who smote Abimelech the son of Yerubbesheth ? did not a woman throw down upon him a piece of an upper mill –stone from off the wall so that he died at Thebez ? why did ye approach unto the wall ? then must thou say , Also thy servant Uriyah the Hittite is dead . * And the messenger went , and came and told unto David all for which Joab had sent him . * And the messenger said unto David , Because the men overpowered us and came out against us into the field ; but we set upon them , as far as the entrance of the gate . * And the archers then shot at thy servants from off the wall ; and there died some of the servants of the king , and also thy servant Uriyah the Hittite is dead . * Then said David to the messenger , Thus shalt thou say to Joab , Let this thing not be displeasing in thy eyes ; for at times this , at other times the other will the sword devour ; continue firmly in thy war against the city , and overthrow it : and thus do thou encourage him . * And when the wife of Uriyah heard that Uriyah her husband had died , she mourned for her lord . * And when the mourning was past , David sent and took her to his house , and she became his wife ; and she bore him a son . But the thing which David had done was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord .

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