2 Samuel 11:3
1 In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
4 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
5 And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
- KJV
- And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
- WEB
- David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
- ASV
- 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?
- DARBY
- and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?
- BLB
- And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
- ÅB
- David sendte bud og spurte seg for om kvinnen, og de sa: Det er jo Batseba, datter av Eliam og hetitten Urias hustru.
- OTB
- David sendte tjenere for å spørre om kvinnen. Og noen sa, "Er ikke dette Batseba, datteren til Eliam, kona til Uria hetitten?"
- B1930
- David sendte bud og spurte sig for om kvinnen, og de sa: Det er jo Batseba, datter av Eliam og hetitten Urias hustru.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 23:39
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:5
and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:8
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
Read in contextJames 1:14–15
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:41
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,
Read in contextHosea 7:6–7
For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
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