And it came to pass, at the return{H8666} of the year,{H8141} at the time{H6256} when kings{H4428} go out{H3318} [to battle], that David{H1732} sent{H7971} Joab,{H3097} and his servants{H5650} with him, and all Israel;{H3478} and they destroyed{H7843} the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and besieged{H6696} Rabbah.{H7237} But David{H1732} tarried{H3427} at Jerusalem.{H3389}

And it came to pass at eventide,{H6153} that David{H1732} arose{H6965} from off his bed,{H4904} and walked{H1980} upon the roof{H1406} of the king's{H4428} house:{H1004} and from the roof{H1406} he saw{H7200} a woman{H802} bathing;{H7364} and the woman{H802} was very{H3966} beautiful{H2896} to look upon.{H4758}

And David{H1732} sent{H7971} and inquired{H1875} after the woman.{H802} And one said,{H559} Is not this Bath-sheba,{H1339} the daughter{H1323} of Eliam,{H463} the wife{H802} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite?{H2850}

And David{H1732} sent{H7971} messengers,{H4397} and took{H3947} her; and she came in{H935} unto him, and he lay{H7901} with her (for she was purified{H6942} from her uncleanness);{H2932} and she returned{H7725} unto her house.{H1004}

And the woman{H802} conceived;{H2029} and she sent{H7971} and told{H5046} David,{H1732} and said,{H5046} I am with child.{H2030}

And David{H1732} sent{H7971} to Joab,{H3097} [saying], Send{H7971} me Uriah{H223} the Hittite.{H2850} And Joab{H3097} sent{H7971} Uriah{H223} to David.{H1732}

And when Uriah{H223} was come{H935} unto him, David{H1732} asked{H7592} of him how Joab{H3097} did,{H7965} and how the people{H5971} fared,{H7965} and how the war{H4421} prospered.{H7965}

And David{H1732} said{H559} to Uriah,{H223} Go down{H3381} to thy house,{H1004} and wash{H7364} thy feet.{H7272} And Uriah{H223} departed out{H3318} of the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} and there followed{H310} him a mess{H4864} [of food] from the king.{H4428}

But Uriah{H223} slept{H7901} at the door{H6607} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004} with all the servants{H5650} of his lord,{H113} and went not down{H3381} to his house.{H1004}

And when they had told{H5046} David,{H1732} saying,{H559} Uriah{H223} went not down{H3381} unto his house,{H1004} David{H1732} said{H559} unto Uriah,{H223} Art thou not come{H935} from a journey?{H1870} wherefore didst thou not go down{H3381} unto thy house?{H1004}

And Uriah{H223} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} The ark,{H727} and Israel,{H3478} and Judah,{H3063} abide{H3427} in booths;{H5521} and my lord{H113} Joab,{H3097} and the servants{H5650} of my lord,{H113} are encamped{H2583} in the open{H6440} field;{H7704} shall I{H589} then go{H935} into my house,{H1004} to eat{H398} and to drink,{H8354} and to lie{H7901} with my wife?{H802} as thou livest,{H2416} and as thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} I will not do{H6213} this thing.{H1697}

And David{H1732} said{H559} to Uriah,{H223} Tarry{H3427} here to-day{H3117} also, and to-morrow{H4279} I will let thee depart.{H7971} So Uriah{H223} abode{H3427} in Jerusalem{H3389} that day,{H3117} and the morrow.{H4283}

And when David{H1732} had called{H7121} him, he did eat{H398} and drink{H8354} before{H6440} him; and he made him drunk:{H7937} and at even{H6153} he went out{H3318} to lie{H7901} on his bed{H4904} with the servants{H5650} of his lord,{H113} but went not down{H3381} to his house.{H1004}

And it came to pass in the morning,{H1242} that David{H1732} wrote{H3789} a letter{H5612} to Joab,{H3097} and sent{H7971} it by the hand{H3027} of Uriah.{H223}

And he wrote{H3789} in the letter,{H5612} saying,{H559} Set{H3051} ye Uriah{H223} in the forefront{H6440} of the hottest{H2389} battle,{H4421} and retire{H7725} ye from him,{H310} that he may be smitten,{H5221} and die.{H4191}

And it came to pass, when Joab{H3097} kept watch{H8104} upon the city,{H5892} that he assigned{H5414} Uriah{H223} unto the place{H4725} where he knew{H3045} that valiant{H2428} men{H582} were.

And the men{H582} of the city{H5892} went out,{H3318} and fought{H3898} with Joab:{H3097} and there fell{H5307} some of the people,{H5971} even of the servants{H5650} of David;{H1732} and Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} died{H4191} also.

Then Joab{H3097} sent{H7971} and told{H5046} David{H1732} all the things{H1697} concerning the war;{H4421}

and he charged{H6680} the messenger,{H4397} saying,{H559} When thou hast made an end{H3615} of telling{H1696} all the things{H1697} concerning the war{H4421} unto the king,{H4428}

it shall be that, if the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} arise,{H5927} and he say{H559} unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh{H5066} unto the city{H5892} to fight?{H3898} knew{H3045} ye not that they would shoot{H3384} from the wall?{H2346}

who smote{H5221} Abimelech{H40} the son{H1121} of Jerubbesheth?{H3380} did not a woman{H802} cast{H7993} an upper{H6400} millstone{H7393} upon him from the wall,{H2346} so that he died{H4191} at Thebez?{H8405} why went ye so nigh{H5066} the wall?{H2346} then shalt thou say,{H559} Thy servant{H5650} Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} is dead{H4191} also.

So the messenger{H4397} went,{H3212} and came{H935} and showed{H5046} David{H1732} all that Joab{H3097} had sent{H7971} him for.

And the messenger{H4397} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} The men{H582} prevailed{H1396} against us, and came out{H3318} unto us into the field,{H7704} and we were upon them even unto the entrance{H6607} of the gate.{H8179}

And the shooters{H3384} shot{H3384} at thy servants{H5650} from off the wall;{H2346} and some of the king's{H4428} servants{H5650} are dead,{H4191} and thy servant{H5650} Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} is dead{H4191} also.

Then David{H1732} said{H559} unto the messenger,{H4397} Thus shalt thou say{H559} unto Joab,{H3097} Let not this thing{H1697} displease{H3415} thee, for the sword{H2719} devoureth{H398} one as well as another;{H2090} make thy battle{H4421} more strong{H2388} against the city,{H5892} and overthrow{H2040} it: and encourage{H2388} thou him.

And when the wife{H802} of Uriah{H223} heard{H8085} that Uriah{H223} her husband{H376} was dead,{H4191} she made lamentation{H5594} for her husband.{H1167}

And when the mourning{H60} was past,{H5674} David{H1732} sent{H7971} and took{H622} her home to his house,{H1004} and she became his wife,{H802} and bare{H3205} him a son.{H1121} But the thing{H1697} that David{H1732} had done{H6213} displeased{H3415} Jehovah.{H3068}