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[1]And it came to pass, after the yearH8141 was expiredH8666, at the timeH6256 when kingsH4428[H8675][H4397] go forthH3318[H8800] to battle, that DavidH1732 sentH7971[H8799] JoabH3097, and his servantsH5650 with him, and all IsraelH3478; and they destroyedH7843[H8686] the childrenH1121 of AmmonH5983, and besiegedH6696[H8799] RabbahH7237. But DavidH1732 tarried stillH3427[H8802] at JerusalemH3389.
[2]And it came to pass in an eveningtideH6153[H6256], that DavidH1732 aroseH6965[H8799] from off his bedH4904, and walkedH1980[H8691] upon the roofH1406 of the king'sH4428 houseH1004: and from the roofH1406 he sawH7200[H8799] a womanH802 washingH7364[H8801] herself; and the womanH802 was veryH3966 beautifulH2896 to look uponH4758.
[3]And DavidH1732 sentH7971[H8799] and enquiredH1875[H8799] after the womanH802. And one saidH559[H8799], Is not this BathshebaH1339, the daughterH1323 of EliamH463, the wifeH802 of UriahH223 the HittiteH2850?
[4]And DavidH1732 sentH7971[H8799] messengersH4397, and tookH3947[H8799] her; and she came inH935[H8799] unto him, and he layH7901[H8799] with her; for she was purifiedH6942[H8693] from her uncleannessH2932: and she returnedH7725[H8799] unto her houseH1004.
[5]And the womanH802 conceivedH2029[H8799], and sentH7971[H8799] and toldH5046[H8686] DavidH1732, and saidH559[H8799], I am with childH2030.
[6]And DavidH1732 sentH7971[H8799] to JoabH3097, saying, SendH7971[H8798] me UriahH223 the HittiteH2850. And JoabH3097 sentH7971[H8799] UriahH223 to DavidH1732.
[7]And when UriahH223 was comeH935[H8799] unto him, DavidH1732 demandedH7592[H8799] of him how JoabH3097 didH7965, and how the peopleH5971 didH7965, and how the warH4421 prosperedH7965.
[8]And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] to UriahH223, Go downH3381[H8798] to thy houseH1004, and washH7364[H8798] thy feetH7272. And UriahH223 departed outH3318[H8799] of the king'sH4428 houseH1004, and there followedH310 him a messH4864 of meat from the kingH4428.
[9]But UriahH223 sleptH7901[H8799] at the doorH6607 of the king'sH4428 houseH1004 with all the servantsH5650 of his lordH113, and went not downH3381[H8804] to his houseH1004.
[10]And when they had toldH5046[H8686] DavidH1732, sayingH559[H8800], UriahH223 went not downH3381[H8804] unto his houseH1004, DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] unto UriahH223, CamestH935[H8802] thou not from thy journeyH1870? why then didst thou not go downH3381[H8804] unto thine houseH1004?
[11]And UriahH223 saidH559[H8799] unto DavidH1732, The arkH727, and IsraelH3478, and JudahH3063, abideH3427[H8802] in tentsH5521; and my lordH113 JoabH3097, and the servantsH5650 of my lordH113, are encampedH2583[H8802] in the openH6440 fieldsH7704; shall IH589 then goH935[H8799] into mine houseH1004, to eatH398[H8800] and to drinkH8354[H8800], and to lieH7901[H8800] with my wifeH802? as thou livestH2416, and as thy soulH5315 livethH2416, I will not doH6213[H8799] this thingH1697.
[12]And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] to UriahH223, TarryH3427[H8798] here to dayH3117 also, and to morrowH4279 I will let thee departH7971[H8762]. So UriahH223 abodeH3427[H8799] in JerusalemH3389 that dayH3117, and the morrowH4283.
[13]And when DavidH1732 had calledH7121[H8799] him, he did eatH398[H8799] and drinkH8354[H8799] beforeH6440 him; and he made him drunkH7937[H8762]: and at evenH6153 he went outH3318[H8799] to lieH7901[H8800] on his bedH4904 with the servantsH5650 of his lordH113, but went not downH3381[H8804] to his houseH1004.
[14]And it came to pass in the morningH1242, that DavidH1732 wroteH3789[H8799] a letterH5612 to JoabH3097, and sentH7971[H8799] it by the handH3027 of UriahH223.
[15]And he wroteH3789[H8799] in the letterH5612, sayingH559[H8800], SetH3051[H8798] ye UriahH223 in the forefrontH6440[H4136] of the hottestH2389 battleH4421, and retireH7725[H8804] ye from himH310, that he may be smittenH5221[H8738], and dieH4191.[H8804]
[16]And it came to pass, when JoabH3097 observedH8104[H8800] the cityH5892, that he assignedH5414[H8799] UriahH223 unto a placeH4725 where he knewH3045[H8804] that valiantH2428 men wereH582.
[17]And the menH582 of the cityH5892 went outH3318[H8799], and foughtH3898[H8735] with JoabH3097: and there fellH5307[H8799] some of the peopleH5971 of the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732; and UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 diedH4191 alsoH8799.
[18]Then JoabH3097 sentH7971[H8799] and toldH5046[H8686] DavidH1732 all the thingsH1697 concerning the warH4421;
[19]And chargedH6680[H8762] the messengerH4397, sayingH559[H8800], When thou hast made an endH3615[H8763] of tellingH1696[H8763] the mattersH1697 of the warH4421 unto the kingH4428,
[20]And if so be that the king'sH4428 wrathH2534 ariseH5927[H8799], and he sayH559[H8804] unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nighH5066[H8738] unto the cityH5892 when ye did fightH3898[H8736]? knewH3045[H8804] ye not that they would shootH3384[H8686] from the wallH2346?
[21]Who smoteH5221[H8689] AbimelechH40 the sonH1121 of JerubbeshethH3380? did not a womanH802 castH7993[H8689] a pieceH6400 of a millstoneH7393 upon him from the wallH2346, that he diedH4191[H8799] in ThebezH8405? why went ye nighH5066[H8738] the wallH2346? then sayH559[H8804] thou, Thy servantH5650 UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 is deadH4191 alsoH8804.
[22]So the messengerH4397 wentH3212[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] and shewedH5046[H8686] DavidH1732 all that JoabH3097 had sentH7971 him forH8804.
[23]And the messengerH4397 saidH559[H8799] unto DavidH1732, Surely the menH582 prevailedH1396[H8804] against us, and came outH3318[H8799] unto us into the fieldH7704, and we were upon them even unto the enteringH6607 of the gateH8179.
[24]And the shootersH3384[H8688] shotH3384[H8686] from off the wallH2346 upon thy servantsH5650; and some of the king'sH4428 servantsH5650 be deadH4191[H8799], and thy servantH5650 UriahH223 the HittiteH2850 is deadH4191 alsoH8804.
[25]Then DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] unto the messengerH4397, Thus shalt thou sayH559[H8799] unto JoabH3097, Let not this thingH1697 displeaseH3415[H8799][H5869] thee, for the swordH2719 devourethH398[H8799] one as well as anotherH2090: make thy battleH4421 more strongH2388[H8685] against the cityH5892, and overthrowH2040[H8798] it: and encourageH2388 thou himH8761.
[26]And when the wifeH802 of UriahH223 heardH8085[H8799] that UriahH223 her husbandH376 was deadH4191[H8804], she mournedH5594[H8799] for her husbandH1167.
[27]And when the mourningH60 was pastH5674[H8799], DavidH1732 sentH7971[H8799] and fetchedH622[H8799] her to his houseH1004, and she became his wifeH802, and bareH3205[H8799] him a sonH1121. But the thingH1697 that DavidH1732 had doneH6213[H8804] displeasedH3415[H8799][H5869] the LORDH3068.
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