lesserot - 2Samuel:11-12

lesserot@2Samuel:11:1 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:2 @ And it happened at eveningtide, that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the kings house: and he saw from the roof a woman bathing herself; and the woman was of a very beautiful appearance.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:3 @ And David sent and inquired after the woman; and some one said, Behold, this is Bethsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriyah the Hittite.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:4 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:5 @ And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:6 @ And David sent to Joab, Send unto me Uriyah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriyah to David.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:7 @ And when Uriyah was come unto him, David asked after the wellbeing of Joab, and after the wellbeing of the people, and how the war prospered.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:8 @ And David said to Uriyah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriyah went forth out of the kings house, and there followed him a mess of food from the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:9 @ But Uriyah laid himself down at the door of the kings house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:10 @ 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?

lesserot@2Samuel:11:11 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:12 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:13 @ 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 restingplace with the servants of his lord; but to his house he did not go down.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:14 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriyah.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:15 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:16 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:17 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:18 @ Then did Joab send, and told unto David all the events of the war.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:19 @ And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

lesserot@2Samuel:11:20 @ And it happen that the kings 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?

lesserot@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who smote Abimelech the son of Yerubbesheth? did not a woman throw down upon him a piece of an upper millstone 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:22 @ And the messenger went, and came and told unto David all for which Joab had sent him.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:23 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:24 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:25 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:26 @ And when the wife of Uriyah heard that Uriyah her husband had died, she mourned for her lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:27 @ 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.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:1 @ And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him and said to him, Two men were once in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:2 @ The rich man had flocks and herds, in great abundance.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:3 @ But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe, which he had bought; and he nourished it, and it grew up with him and with his children together; of his bread it used to eat, and out of his cup it used to drink, and in his bosom it used to lie, and it was to him as a daughter.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:4 @ And there came a traveler unto the rich man; and he felt compunction to take from his own flocks and from his own herds to dress for the wayfarer that was come to him; but he took the ewe of the poor man, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:5 @ And the anger of David was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, surely the man that hath done this deserveth to die;

lesserot@2Samuel:12:6 @ And the ewe he shall pay fourfold, for punishment that he hath done this thing, and because he had no compassion.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:7 @ Then said Nathan to David, Thou art the man! Thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, It is I who anointed thee as king over Israel, and it is I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

lesserot@2Samuel:12:8 @ And I gave unto thee the house of thy master, and the wives of thy master into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah: and if this be too little, I could bestow on thee yet many more like these things.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:9 @ Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of Ammon.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:10 @ And now, the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever; for the reason that thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriyah the Hittite to be thy wife.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:11 @ Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy own house, and I will take away thy wives before thy eyes, and I will give them unto thy neighbor; and he shall lie with thy wives before the face of this sun.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:12 @ For thou hast done it in secret; but I will surely do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:13 @ Then said David unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, Also the Lord hath caused thy sin to pass away: thou shalt not die.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:14 @ Nevertheless, because thou hast given great cause to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme through this thing, the child also that hath been born unto thee shall surely die.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:15 @ And Nathan went to his house; and the Lord struck the child that Uriyahs wife had born unto David, that it became very sick.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:16 @ And David besought God in behalf of the lad; and David kept a fast, and came home, and lay over night upon the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:17 @ And the elders of the house arose about him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he did not partake of any bread with them.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:18 @ And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died; and the servants of David were afraid to tell him, that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how then shall we say to him, The child is dead! he might do a hurt.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:19 @ But when David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, David understood that the child was dead; wherefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, he is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:20 @ David then rose up from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his garments, and went into the house of the Lord and prostrated himself; and then he came to his own house, and asked that they should set food before him, and he ate.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:21 @ And his servants then said unto him, What is this thing which thou hast done? On account of the child when living thou didst fast and weep; but as soon as the child was dead thou didst arise and eat bread!

lesserot@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; because I said, Who knoweth, but that the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

lesserot@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast then? can I restore him again? I am going to him; but he will not return to me.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and he went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and called his name Solomon; and the Lord loved him.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:25 @ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Yedideyah in behalf of the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:26 @ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and captured the royal city.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David; and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have also captured the watertown.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:28 @ And now gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and capture it: lest I capture the city myself, and it be called by my name.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:29 @ And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and captured it.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:30 @ And he took the crown of Malkam from off his head, and its weight was a talent of gold, and a precious stone, and it was set on the head of David; and the booty of the city he brought out in great abundance.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:31 @ And the people that were therein he brought forward, and put them under saws, and under iron threshingwagons, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through brickkilns; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon: and David returned with them with all the people unto Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Abshalom the son of David had a handsome sister, whose name was Thamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.