One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba,(A) daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah(B) the Hethite?” [a]

David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness.(C) Afterward, she returned home.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:3 DSS add Joab’s armor-bearer

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