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Chapter 11
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And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at
the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent
Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and
they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah.
But David tarried still at Jerusalem. |
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And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose
from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's
house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself;
and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. |
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And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one
said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the
wife of Uriah the Hittite? |
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And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came
in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified
from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. |
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And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and
said, I am with child. |
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And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite.
And Joab sent Uriah to David. |
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And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of
him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the
war prospered. |
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And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and
wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house,
and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. |
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But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with
all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his
house. |
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And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not
down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou
not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down
unto thine house? |
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And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and
Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants
of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I
then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to
lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth,
I will not do this thing. |
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And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and
to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem
that day, and the morrow. |
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And when David had called him, he did eat and drink
before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went
out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord,
but went not down to his house. |
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And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote
a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. |
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And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in
the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from
him, that he may be smitten, and die. |
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And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that
he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant
men were. |
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And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab:
and there fell some of the people of the servants of
David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. |
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Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning
the war; |
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And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made
an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, |
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And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say
unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city
when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot
from the wall? |
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Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not
a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the
wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall?
then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead
also. |
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So the messenger went, and came and showed David all
that Joab had sent him for. |
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And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed
against us, and came out unto us into the field, and
we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. |
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And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants;
and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also. |
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Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou
say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for
the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy
battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it:
and encourage thou him. |
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And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband
was dead, she mourned for her husband. |
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And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched
her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him
a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the
LORD. |
