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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Samuel 11 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_samuel/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > 2 Samuel 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/10.htm" title="2 Samuel 10">◄</a> 2 Samuel 11 <a href="../2_samuel/12.htm" title="2 Samuel 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch10011" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn10011" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">David’s Sin.</span> <span id="v10011001" class="ver">1</span>At the turn of the year,<a id="rfn10011001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn10011001-1">*</a> the time when kings go to war, David sent out Joab along with his officers and all Israel, and they laid waste the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. David himself remained in Jerusalem.<a id="ren10011001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en10011001-a">a</a> <span id="v10011002" class="ver">2</span>One evening David rose from his bed and strolled about on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof he saw a woman bathing; she was very beautiful. <span id="v10011003" class="ver">3</span>David sent people to inquire about the woman and was told, “She is Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, and wife of Uriah the Hittite, Joab’s armor-bearer.”<a id="ren10011003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en10011003-b">b</a> <span id="v10011004" class="ver">4</span>Then David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he took her to bed, at a time when she was just purified after her period; and she returned to her house.<a id="ren10011004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en10011004-c">c</a> <span id="v10011005" class="ver">5</span>But the woman had become pregnant; she sent a message to inform David, “I am pregnant.”</p> <p><span id="v10011006" class="ver">6</span>So David sent a message to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David. <span id="v10011007" class="ver">7</span>And when he came, David asked him how Joab was, how the army was, and how the war was going, and Uriah answered that all was well. <span id="v10011008" class="ver">8</span>David then said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and bathe your feet.” Uriah left the king’s house, and a portion from the king’s table was sent after him. <span id="v10011009" class="ver">9</span>But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s house with the other officers of his lord, and did not go down to his own house. <span id="v10011010" class="ver">10</span>David was told, “Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So he said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why, then, did you not go down to your house?” <span id="v10011011" class="ver">11</span>Uriah answered David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my lord Joab and my lord’s servants are encamped in the open field. Can I go home to eat and to drink and to sleep with my wife? As the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> lives and as you live, I will do no such thing.”<a id="ren10011011-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en10011011-d">d</a> <span id="v10011012" class="ver">12</span>Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day. On the following day, <span id="v10011013" class="ver">13</span>David summoned him, and he ate and drank with David, who got him drunk. But in the evening he went out to sleep on his bed among his lord’s servants, and did not go down to his house. <span id="v10011014" class="ver">14</span>The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab which he sent by Uriah. <span id="v10011015" class="ver">15</span>This is what he wrote in the letter: “Place Uriah up front, where the fighting is fierce. Then pull back and leave him to be struck down dead.” <span id="v10011016" class="ver">16</span>So while Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the defenders were strong. <span id="v10011017" class="ver">17</span>When the men of the city made a sortie against Joab, some officers of David’s army fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.</p> <p><span id="v10011018" class="ver">18</span>Then Joab sent David a report of all the details of the battle, <span id="v10011019" class="ver">19</span>instructing the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle, <span id="v10011020" class="ver">20</span>the king may become angry and say to you: ‘Why did you go near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall above? <span id="v10011021" class="ver">21</span>Who killed Abimelech, son of Jerubbaal? Was it not a woman who threw a millstone down on him from the wall above, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall?’ Then you in turn are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’ ”<a id="ren10011021-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en10011021-e">e</a> <span id="v10011022" class="ver">22</span>The messenger set out, and on his arrival he reported to David everything Joab had sent him to tell.<a id="rfn10011022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn10011022-1">*</a> <span id="v10011023" class="ver">23</span>He told David: “The men had the advantage over us and came out into the open against us, but we pushed them back to the entrance of the city gate. <span id="v10011024" class="ver">24</span>Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall above, and some of the king’s servants died; and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.” <span id="v10011025" class="ver">25</span>David said to the messenger: “This is what you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this be a great evil in your sight, for the sword devours now here and now there. Strengthen your attack on the city and destroy it.’ Encourage him.”</p> <p><span id="v10011026" class="ver">26</span>When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband had died, she mourned her lord. <span id="v10011027" class="ver">27</span>But once the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her into his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But in the sight of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> what David had done was evil.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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