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2 Samuel 11:5 And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."
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so she sent and told David, and said, “I <i>am</i> with child.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the woman conceived; so she sent <i>word</i> and informed David, and said, “I am pregnant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am pregnant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am pregnant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the woman became pregnant; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am pregnant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The woman conceived; and she sent <i>word</i> and told David, “I am pregnant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The woman conceived and sent word to inform David, “I am pregnant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The woman conceived and sent word to inform David: “I am pregnant.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But later, when she found out that she was going to have a baby, she sent someone to David with this message: "I'm pregnant!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The woman had become pregnant. So she sent someone to tell David that she was pregnant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Afterward she discovered that she was pregnant and sent a message to David to tell him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The woman conceived, and she sent this message to David: "I'm pregnant."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, ?I am pregnant.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, "I'm pregnant." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I?m pregnant."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the woman conceives, and sends, and declares [it] to David, and says, “I [am] conceiving.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, 'I am conceiving.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the woman will conceive, and send and announce to David, and say, I am pregnant.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And she returned to her house, having conceived an unborn child. And sending, she informed David, and she said, “I have conceived.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But the woman had become pregnant; she sent a message to inform David, “I am pregnant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the woman conceived, and sent and told David and said to him, I am with child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the woman conceived and she sent, she told David and she said to him: “I am pregnant"<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/11-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=2596" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/11.htm">David and Bathsheba</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: hā·’iš·šāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">And the woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/2029.htm" title="2029: wat·ta·har (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To conceive, become pregnant. A primitive root; to be pregnant, conceive.">conceived</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wat·tiš·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and sent word</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: wat·tag·gêḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To be conspicuous. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wiḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">to David,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">“I</a> <a href="/hebrew/2030.htm" title="2030: hā·rāh (Adj-fs) -- Pregnant. Or hariy; from harah; pregnant.">am pregnant.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-6.htm">Matthew 1:6</a></span><br />and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Psalm 51:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. / Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/15-5.htm">1 Kings 15:5</a></span><br />For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Genesis 38:24</a></span><br />About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm">Proverbs 6:32-33</a></span><br />He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. / Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10</a></span><br />If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm">Deuteronomy 22:22</a></span><br />If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br />Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-14.htm">Exodus 20:14</a></span><br />You shall not commit adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a></span><br />For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Hosea 4:2</a></span><br />Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-9.htm">Job 31:9-12</a></span><br />If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door, / then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her. / For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-24.htm">Proverbs 7:24-27</a></span><br />Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth. / Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. / For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.</p><p class="hdg">I am with child</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm">Deuteronomy 22:22</a></b></br> If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, <i>both</i> the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm">Proverbs 6:34</a></b></br> For jealousy <i>is</i> the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/6-23.htm">Child</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-21.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-21.htm">Conceiveth</a> <a href="/genesis/16-11.htm">Conceiving</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-37.htm">Declareth</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Pregnant</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-17.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/12-14.htm">Child</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-17.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-17.htm">Conceiveth</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-14.htm">Conceiving</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-6.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-18.htm">Declareth</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-17.htm">Pregnant</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-6.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-1.htm">While Joab besieges Rabbah, David commits adultery with Bathsheba</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-6.htm">Uriah, sent for by David to cover the adultery, would not go home.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-14.htm">He carries to Joab the letter of his death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-18.htm">Joab sends the news thereof to David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-26.htm">David takes Bathsheba as his wife</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Bathsheba's conception is a direct consequence of her encounter with King David. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, conception was often seen as a sign of divine involvement, whether in blessing or judgment. The fact that Bathsheba conceived highlights the seriousness of David's actions, as it sets in motion a series of events that will have profound implications for his reign and personal life.<p><b>and sent word to David</b><br>Bathsheba's decision to inform David of her pregnancy indicates the gravity of the situation. In the patriarchal society of ancient Israel, a woman's social standing and security were closely tied to her marital status and the legitimacy of her children. By sending word to David, Bathsheba is not only acknowledging the reality of her condition but also placing the responsibility on David to address the situation. This act of communication underscores the interconnectedness of their actions and the necessity for David to respond.<p><b>saying, “I am pregnant.”</b><br>This simple yet powerful statement carries significant weight. It is a declaration that cannot be ignored and demands a response. In the context of the narrative, Bathsheba's pregnancy is a catalyst for the unfolding drama, leading to David's subsequent attempts to cover up his sin. Theologically, this moment foreshadows the consequences of sin and the lengths to which individuals might go to conceal wrongdoing. It also serves as a reminder of the moral and ethical standards expected of God's chosen leaders, as well as the inevitable exposure of sin, as seen in other biblical passages such as <a href="/numbers/32-23.htm">Numbers 32:23</a>, which warns that sin will find you out.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel, a man after God's own heart, who falls into sin by committing adultery with Bathsheba.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bathsheba.htm">Bathsheba</a></b><br>The woman with whom David commits adultery. She is the wife of Uriah the Hittite.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/uriah_the_hittite.htm">Uriah the Hittite</a></b><br>Bathsheba's husband, a loyal soldier in David's army.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where David resides as king and where the events unfold.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_conception.htm">The Conception</a></b><br>The event where Bathsheba becomes pregnant as a result of her encounter with David.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin often begins with a seemingly small compromise but can lead to significant consequences, as seen in David's life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_accountability.htm">The Importance of Accountability</a></b><br>David's isolation as king may have contributed to his moral failure. Christians should seek accountability to avoid similar pitfalls.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite his sin, David's later repentance (Psalm 51) shows that God offers forgiveness and restoration to those who genuinely seek it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_the_heart.htm">Guarding the Heart</a></b><br>Believers are called to guard their hearts and minds against temptation, recognizing that sin often begins with internal desires.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_leadership_failures.htm">The Impact of Leadership Failures</a></b><br>David's sin had repercussions not only for himself but for his family and nation, highlighting the broader impact of a leader's moral failures.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ark_to_jerusalem__before_or_after_philistines.htm">When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after? After (2 Samuel 5 and 6) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_king_david_deceive_and_kill.htm">Why does King David, described elsewhere as righteous (1 Kings 15:5), resort to deceit and murder in 2 Samuel 11:14-17?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_bathsheba's_bath_historical_or_narrative.htm">In 2 Samuel 11:2-5, is Bathsheba's rooftop bathing a plausible historical scenario or a narrative device?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_david_claim_blamelessness.htm">(2 Samuel 22:21-25) How can David claim blamelessness here when other passages (e.g., 2 Samuel 11) describe serious moral failures?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Sent and told David.</span>--Because her sin must now become known, and by the Law (<a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm" title="And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.">Leviticus 20:10</a>) adulterers must both be punished with death.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The woman... told David.</span> Her crime was one that made her liable to the penalty of death (<a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10</a>), and Uriah was a man likely to exact it; consequently she was in great alarm, and the king shared her anxiety. Already was the punishment beginning to be required from both the guilty sharers in the wickedness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/11-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the woman</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">conceived</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּ֖הַר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·har)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2029.htm">Strong's 2029: </a> </span><span class="str2">To conceive, become pregnant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sent word</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּשְׁלַח֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiš·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to David,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדָוִ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saying,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֹּ֖אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹֽכִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am pregnant.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2030.htm">Strong's 2030: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pregnant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/11-5.htm">2 Samuel 11:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/11-5.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 11:5 The woman conceived (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 11:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 11:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/11-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 11:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 11:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>