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They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing — a very beautiful woman. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> the Hethite? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.11.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Afterward, she returned home. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The woman conceived and sent word to inform David, “I am pregnant.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hethite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When it was reported to David, “Uriah didn’t go home,” David questioned Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a journey? Why didn’t you go home? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Uriah answered David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.11.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> are camping in the open field. How can I enter my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live and by your life, I will not do this! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Stay here today also,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and David got him drunk. He went out in the evening to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.</p><h3 class="head1">Uriah’s Death Arranged</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>In the letter he wrote:</p><blockquote class="blockindent"><p class="scripture">Put Uriah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> at the front of the fiercest fighting, then withdraw from him so that he is struck down and dies.</p></blockquote><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David’s soldiers fell in battle; Uriah the Hethite also died.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Joab sent someone to report to David all the details of the battle. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He commanded the messenger, “When you’ve finished telling the king all the details of the battle —  <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>if the king’s anger gets stirred up and he asks you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the top of the wall? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>At Thebez, who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.11.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.11.21.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the top of the wall so that he died?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Why did you get so close to the wall? ’ — then say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hethite is dead also.’ ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then the messenger left.</p><p class="scripture">When he arrived, he reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The messenger reported to David, “The men gained the advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we counterattacked right up to the entrance of the city gate. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>However, the archers shot down on your servants from the top of the wall, and some of the king’s servants died. Your servant Uriah the Hethite is also dead.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When Uriah’s<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> wife heard that her husband, Uriah, had died, she mourned for him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.11.26.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.11.27" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When the time of mourning ended, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. However, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> considered what David had done to be evil.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.11.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-2_Samuel.11" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.11.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.3">11:3</a></span> DSS add <span class="italic">Joab’s armor-bearer</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.11.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.11">11:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">servants</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.11.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.21">11:21</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">Jerubbaal</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.11.21.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.21">11:21</a></span> = Gideon</aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.11.26.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.26">11:26</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">her husband</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-2_Samuel.11" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.1">11:1</a></span> 2Sm 12:26–29; 1Ch 20:1</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.3">11:3</a></span> 2Sm 12:24; Ps 51</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.3">11:3</a></span> Mt 1:6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.4">11:4</a></span> Lv 15:18–30; 18:19</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.11">11:11</a></span> 1Sm 21:5</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.15">11:15</a></span> Mt 1:6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.21">11:21</a></span> Jdg 9:50–54</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.26">11:26</a></span> Mt 1:6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.11.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.11.27">11:27</a></span> 2Sm 12:9; 15:19</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-2_Samuel.11" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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