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1. In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 , after the year H8141 was expired H8666 , at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go forth H3318 to battle , that David H1732 sent H7971 H853 Joab H3097 , and his servants H5650 with H5973 him , and all H3605 Israel H3478 ; and they destroyed H7843 H853 the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah H7237 . But David H1732 tarried H3427 still at Jerusalem H3389 .
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2. One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
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2. And it came to pass H1961 in an eveningtide H6256 H6153 , that David H1732 arose H6965 from off H4480 H5921 his bed H4904 , and walked H1980 upon H5921 the roof H1406 of the king H4428 's house H1004 : and from H4480 H5921 the roof H1406 he saw H7200 a woman H802 washing H7364 herself ; and the woman H802 was very H3966 beautiful H2896 to look H4758 upon.
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3. So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
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3. And David H1732 sent H7971 and inquired H1875 after the woman H802 . And one said H559 , Is not H3808 this H2063 Bath H1339 -sheba , the daughter H1323 of Eliam H463 , the wife H802 of Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 ?
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4. David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home.
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4. And David H1732 sent H7971 messengers H4397 , and took H3947 her ; and she came H935 in unto H413 him , and he lay H7901 with her H5973 ; for she H1931 was purified H6942 from her uncleanness H4480 H2932 : and she returned H7725 unto H413 her house H1004 .
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5. The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, "I'm pregnant."
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5. And the woman H802 conceived H2029 , and sent H7971 and told H5046 David H1732 , and said H559 , I H595 am with child H2030 .
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6. So David sent a message to Joab that said, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
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6. And David H1732 sent H7971 to H413 Joab H3097 , saying , Send H7971 H413 me H853 Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 . And Joab H3097 sent H7971 H853 Uriah H223 to H413 David H1732 .
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7. When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going.
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7. And when Uriah H223 was come H935 unto H413 him, David H1732 demanded H7592 of him how Joab H3097 did H7965 , and how the people H5971 did H7965 , and how the war H4421 prospered H7965 .
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8. Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your home and relax." When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him.
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8. 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 H3318 out of the king's house H4480 H1004 H4428 , and there followed H3318 H310 him a mess H4864 of meat from the king H4428 .
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9. But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.
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9. But Uriah H223 slept H7901 at the door H6607 of the king H4428 's house H1004 with H854 all H3605 the servants H5650 of his lord H113 , and went H3381 not H3808 down to H413 his house H1004 .
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10. So they informed David, "Uriah has not gone down to his house." So David said to Uriah, "Haven't you just arrived from a journey? Why haven't you gone down to your house?"
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10. And when they had told H5046 David H1732 , saying H559 , Uriah H223 went not down H3381 H3808 unto H413 his house H1004 , David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Uriah H223 , Camest H935 thou H859 not H3808 from thy journey H4480 H1870 ? why H4069 then didst thou not H3808 go down H3381 unto H413 thine house H1004 ?
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11. Uriah replied to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord's soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!"
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11. And Uriah H223 said H559 unto H413 David H1732 , The ark H727 , and Israel H3478 , and Judah H3063 , abide H3427 in tents H5521 ; and my lord H113 Joab H3097 , and the servants H5650 of my lord H113 , are encamped H2583 in H5921 the open H6440 fields H7704 ; shall I H589 then go H935 into H413 mine house H1004 , to eat H398 and to drink H8354 , and to lie H7901 with H5973 my wife H802 ? as thou livest H2416 , and as thy soul H5315 liveth H2416 , I will not do H6213 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 .
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12. So David said to Uriah, "Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one.
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12. And David H1732 said H559 to H413 Uriah H223 , Tarry H3427 here H2088 today H3117 also H1571 , and tomorrow H4279 I will let thee depart H7971 . So Uriah H223 abode H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 that H1931 day H3117 , and the morrow H4480 H4283 .
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13. Then David summoned him. He ate and drank with him, and got him drunk. But in the evening he went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his lord; he did not go down to his own house.
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13. 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 H5973 the servants H5650 of his lord H113 , but went H3381 not H3808 down to H413 his house H1004 .
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14. In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
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14. And it came to pass H1961 in the morning H1242 , that David H1732 wrote H3789 a letter H5612 to H413 Joab H3097 , and sent H7971 it by the hand H3027 of Uriah H223 .
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15. In the letter he wrote: "Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed."
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15. And he wrote H3789 in the letter H5612 , saying H559 , Set H3051 ye H853 Uriah H223 in H413 the forefront H4136 H6440 of the hottest H2389 battle H4421 , and retire H7725 ye from H4480 H310 him , that he may be smitten H5221 , and die H4191 .
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16. So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.
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16. And it came to pass H1961 , when Joab H3097 observed H8104 H413 the city H5892 , that he assigned H5414 H853 Uriah H223 unto H413 a place H4725 where H834 H8033 he knew H3045 that H3588 valiant H2428 men H376 were .
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17. When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David's soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.
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17. And the men H376 of the city H5892 went out H3318 , and fought H3898 with H854 Joab H3097 : and there fell H5307 some of H4480 the people H5971 of the servants H4480 H5650 of David H1732 ; and Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 died H4191 also H1571 .
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18. Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.
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18. Then Joab H3097 sent H7971 and told H5046 David H1732 H853 all H3605 the things H1697 concerning the war H4421 ;
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19. He instructed the messenger as follows: "When you finish giving the battle report to the king,
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19. And charged H6680 H853 the messenger H4397 , saying H559 , When thou hast made an end H3615 of telling H1696 the matters H1697 of the war H4421 unto H413 the king H4428 ,
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20. if the king becomes angry and asks you, 'Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn't you realize they would shoot from the wall?
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20. And if H518 so be H1961 that the king H4428 's wrath H2534 arise H5927 , and he say H559 unto thee, Wherefore H4069 approached H5066 ye so nigh unto H413 the city H5892 when ye did fight H3898 ? knew H3045 ye not H3808 that H834 they would shoot H3384 from H4480 H5921 the wall H2346 ?
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21. Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?' just say to him, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.'"
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21. Who H4310 smote H5221 H853 Abimelech H40 the son H1121 of Jerubbesheth H3380 ? did not H3808 a woman H802 cast H7993 a piece H6400 of a millstone H7393 upon H5921 him from H4480 H5921 the wall H2346 , that he died H4191 in Thebez H8405 ? why H4100 went ye nigh H5066 H413 the wall H2346 ? then say H559 thou , Thy servant H5650 Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 is dead H4191 also H1571 .
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22. So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.
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22. So the messenger H4397 went H1980 , and came H935 and showed H5046 David H1732 H853 all H3605 that H834 Joab H3097 had sent H7971 him for.
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23. The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us and attacked us in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way to the door of the city gate.
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23. And the messenger H4397 said H559 unto H413 David H1732 , Surely H3588 the men H376 prevailed H1396 against H5921 us , and came out H3318 unto H413 us into the field H7704 , and we were H1961 upon H5921 them even unto H5704 the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 .
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24. Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king's soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead."
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24. And the shooters H3384 shot H3384 from off H4480 H5921 the wall H2346 upon H413 thy servants H5650 ; and some of the king's servants H4480 H5650 H4428 be dead H4191 , and thy servant H5650 Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 is dead H4191 also H1571 .
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25. David said to the messenger, "Tell Joab, 'Don't let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.' Encourage him with these words."
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25. Then David H1732 said H559 unto H413 the messenger H4397 , Thus H3541 shalt thou say H559 unto H413 Joab H3097 , Let not H408 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 displease H3415 H5869 thee, for H3588 the sword H2719 devoureth H398 one H2088 as well as another H2090 : make thy battle H4421 more strong H2388 against H413 the city H5892 , and overthrow H2040 it : and encourage H2388 thou him.
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26. When Uriah's wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.
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26. And when the wife H802 of Uriah H223 heard H8085 that H3588 Uriah H223 her husband H376 was dead H4191 , she mourned H5594 for H5921 her husband H1167 .
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27. When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the LORD.
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27. And when the mourning H60 was past H5674 , David H1732 sent H7971 and fetched H622 her to H413 his house H1004 , and she became H1961 his wife H802 , and bore H3205 him a son H1121 . But the thing H1697 that H834 David H1732 had done H6213 displeased H3415 H5869 the LORD H3068 .
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