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2 Samuel 11:1-3
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 11:1-3
International Standard Version
David’s Adultery
11 One spring day, during the time of year when kings go off to war, David sent out Joab, along with his personal staff[a] and all of Israel’s army. They utterly destroyed the Ammonites and then attacked Rabbah while David remained in Jerusalem. 2 Late one afternoon about dusk,[b] David got up from his couch and was walking around on the roof of the royal palace. From there[c] he watched a woman taking a bath, and she[d] was very beautiful to look at.
3 David sent word[e] to inquire about her,[f] and someone told him, “This is Eliam’s daughter Bathsheba,[g] the wife of Uriah the Hittite, isn’t it?”
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- 2 Samuel 11:1 Lit. his servants
- 2 Samuel 11:2 Lit. It happened at the time of the evening
- 2 Samuel 11:2 Lit. From the roof
- 2 Samuel 11:2 Lit. and the woman
- 2 Samuel 11:3 The Heb. lacks word
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Lit. the woman
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Eliam’s father was Ahithophel, Bathsheba’s grandfather; cf. 2Sam 15:12; 23:34
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