2 Samuel 11:4
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.
3 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.”
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.”
6 At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.
- BLB
- And David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (And she had cleansed herself from her uncleanness.) And she returned to her house.
- ÅB
- Da sendte David bud og lot henne hente; hun kom til ham, og han lå hos henne like etter at hun hadde renset seg fra sin urenhet[^1]; så gikk hun hjem igjen.
- OTB
- Da sendte David bud og hentet henne, og da hun kom til ham, lå han med henne — nå hadde hun renset seg fra sin urenhet — så vendte hun tilbake til sitt hus.
- B1930
- Da sendte David bud og lot henne hente; hun kom til ham, og han lå hos henne like efterat hun hadde renset sig fra sin urenhet; så gikk hun hjem igjen. / < 2SA 11, 2.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 18:19
You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
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and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
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When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
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