Verse 3

2 Samuel 11:3

New Living Translation

3 He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד וַ/יִּדְרֹ֖שׁ לָֽ/אִשָּׁ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר הֲ/לוֹא זֹאת֙ בַּת שֶׁ֣בַע בַּת אֱלִיעָ֔ם אֵ֖שֶׁת אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַ/חִתִּֽי

English Translation

And David sent and inquired of the woman, and he said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"

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Chapter 11 Context

1 In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army... Focus ↗

2 Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the p... Focus ↗

3 He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam a...

4 Then David sent messengers to get her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. She had j... Focus ↗

5 Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message, saying, “I’m pregn... Focus ↗

6 Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David. Focus ↗

7 When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was pro... Focus ↗

8 Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax. ” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the p... Focus ↗

9 But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard. Focus ↗

10 When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked, “What’s the matter? Why di... Focus ↗

11 Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and Joab and my mast... Focus ↗

12 “Well, stay here today,” David told him, “and tomorrow you may return to the army.” So Uriah stayed... Focus ↗

13 Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn’t get Uriah to go home t... Focus ↗

14 So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver. Focus ↗

15 The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pul... Focus ↗

16 So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy’s strongest men were... Focus ↗

17 And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, Uriah the Hittite was killed along with s... Focus ↗

18 Then Joab sent a battle report to David. Focus ↗

19 He told his messenger, “Report all the news of the battle to the king. Focus ↗

20 But he might get angry and ask, ‘Why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn’t they know there... Focus ↗

21 Wasn’t Abimelech son of Gideon killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him from th... Focus ↗

22 So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David. Focus ↗

23 “The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said. “And as we chased them back to the city... Focus ↗

24 the archers on the wall shot arrows at us. Some of the king’s men were killed, including Uriah the H... Focus ↗

25 “Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged,” David said. “The sword devours this one today and that one... Focus ↗

26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. Focus ↗

27 When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she beca... Focus ↗

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