11:1 ¶
And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [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 at Jerusalem. |
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11:1 ¶
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.° |
11:2 ¶
And it came to pass at eventide, 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 bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. |
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11:2 ¶
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.° |
11:3
And David send and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? |
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11:3
And David°
sent°°
and enquired°°
after the woman.°
And [one] said,°°
[Is] not°
this°
Bathsheba,°
the daughter°
of Eliam,°
the wife°
of Uriah°
the Hittite?° |
11:4
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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11:4
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.° |
11:5
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child. |
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11:5
And the woman°
conceived,°°
and sent°°
and told°°
David,°
and said,°°
I°
[am] with child.° |
11:6 ¶
And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. |
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11:6 ¶
And David°
sent°°
to°
Joab,°
[saying], Send°°°
me°
Uriah°
the Hittite.°
And Joab°
sent°°°
Uriah°
to°
David.° |
11:7
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered. |
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11:7
And when Uriah°
was come°°
unto°
him, David°
demanded°°
[of him] how Joab°
did,°
and how the people°
did,°
and how the war°
prospered.° |
11:8
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 food] from the king. |
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11:8
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.° |
11:9
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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11:9
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.° |
11:10
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house? |
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11:10
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?° |
11:11
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my 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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11:11
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.° |
11:12
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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11:12
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.°° |
11:13
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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11:13
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.° |
11:14 ¶
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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11:14 ¶
And it came to pass°
in the morning,°
that David°
wrote°°
a letter°
to°
Joab,°
and sent°°
[it] by the hand°
of Uriah.° |
11:15
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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11:15
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.°° |
11:16
And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were. |
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11:16
And it came to pass,°
when Joab°
observed°°°
the city,°
that he assigned°°°
Uriah°
unto°
a place°
where°°
he knew°°
that°
valiant°
men°°
[were]. |
11:17
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. |
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11:17
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.° |
11:18 ¶
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; |
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11:18 ¶
Then Joab°
sent°°
and told°°
David°°
all°
the things°
concerning the war;° |
11:19
and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king, |
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11:19
And charged°°°
the messenger,°
saying,°°
When thou hast made an end°°
of telling°°
the matters°
of the war°
unto°
the king,° |
11:20
it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? |
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11:20
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?° |
11:21
who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. |
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11:21
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.° |
11:22 ¶
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. |
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11:22 ¶
So the messenger°
went,°°°
and came°°
and shewed°°
David°°
all°
that°
Joab°
had sent°°
him for. |
11:23
And the messenger said unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate. |
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11:23
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.° |
11:24
And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. |
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11:24
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.° |
11:25
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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11:25
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. |
11:26 ¶
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband. |
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11:26 ¶
And when the wife°
of Uriah°
heard°°
that°
Uriah°
her husband°
was dead,°°
she mourned°°
for°
her husband.° |
11:27
And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah. |
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11:27
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.° |