Verse 5

2 Samuel 11:5

New Living Translation

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/תַּ֖הַר הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֑ה וַ/תִּשְׁלַח֙ וַ/תַּגֵּ֣ד לְ/דָוִ֔ד וַ/תֹּ֖אמֶר הָרָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי

English Translation

And the woman conceived and sent and told David, and she said, "I am pregnant."

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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... Focus ↗

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...

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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