Verse 3
2 Samuel 11:3
World English Bible, British Edition
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David sent and enquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba,
the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
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
At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab
and his servants with him,...
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2
At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s
house. From the roof, he s...
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3
David sent and enquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba,
the daughter of Eliam, Uri...
4
David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and
he lay with her (for she was purifi...
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5
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with
child.”
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6
David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah
to David.
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7
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the
people fared, and how the war...
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8
David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah
departed out of the king’s ho...
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9
But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants
of his lord, and didn’t go dow...
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10
When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,”
David said to Uriah, “Haven’t...
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11
Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying
in tents; and my lord Joab and the ser...
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12
David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will
let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in...
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13
When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made
him drunk. At evening, he went o...
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14
In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand
of Uriah.
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15
He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the
hottest battle, and retreat from...
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16
When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place
where he knew that valiant men were...
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17
The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people
fell, even of David’s servants...
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18
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
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19
and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling
all the things concerning th...
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20
it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why
did you go so near to the city to...
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21
Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an
upper millstone on him from the...
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22
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab
had sent him for.
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23
The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came
out to us into the field; and w...
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24
The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the
king’s servants are dead, and...
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25
Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this
thing displease you, for the sword dev...
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26
When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she
mourned for her husband.
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27
When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house,
and she became his wife and b...
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