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2 Samuel 11:1-12:9 NWT
11 And it came about at the return of the year, at the time that kings sally forth, that David proceeded to send Jo'ab and his servants with him and all Israel, that they might bring the sons of Am'mon to ruin and lay siege to Rab'bah, while David was dwelling in Jerusalem. 2 And it came about at the time of evening that David proceeded to rise from his bed and walk about on the rooftop of the king's house; and from the rooftop he caught sight of a woman bathing herself, and the woman was very good in appearance. 3 Then David sent and inquired about the woman and someone said: "Is this not Bath-she'ba the daughter of Eli'am the wife of Uri'ah the Hit'tite?" 4 After that David sent messengers that he might take her. So she came in to him and he lay down with her, while she was sanctifying herself from her uncleanness. Later she returned to her house. 5 And the woman became pregnant. Consequently she sent and told David and said: "I am pregnant." 6 At this David sent to Jo'ab, saying: "Send to me Uri'ah the Hit'tite." So Jo'ab sent Uri'ah to David. 7 When Uri'ah came to him, David began to ask how Jo'ab was getting along and how the people were getting along and how the war was getting along. 8 Finally David said to Uri'ah: "Go down to your house and bathe your feet." Accordingly Uri'ah went out from the king's house, and the king's courtesy gift went out following him. 9 However, Uri'ah lay down at the entrance of the king's house with all the other servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house. 10 So they told David, saying: "Uri'ah did not go down to his own house." Upon that David said to Uri'ah: "It is from a journey that you have come in, is it not? Why have you not gone down to your own house?" 11 At this Uri'ah said to David: "The Ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in booths, and my lord Jo'ab and the servants of my lord are camping on the face of the field, and I-shall I go into my own house to eat and drink and to lie down with my wife? As you are living and as your soul is living, I shall not do this thing!" 12 Then David said to Uri'ah: "Dwell here also today, and tomorrow I shall send you away." Therefore Uri'ah kept dwelling in Jerusalem on that day and the day following. 13 Further, David called him that he might eat before him and drink. So he got him drunk. Nevertheless, he went out in the evening to lie down on his bed with the servants of his lord, and to his own house he did not go down. 14 And it came about in the morning that David proceeded to write a letter to Jo'ab and send it by the hand of Uri'ah. 15 So he wrote in the letter, saying: "Put Uri'ah in front of the heaviest battle charges, and you men must retreat from behind him, and he must be struck down and die." 16 And it came about that while Jo'ab was keeping guard over the city he kept Uri'ah put in the place where he knew that there were valiant men. 17 When the men of the city came on out and went fighting against Jo'ab, then some of the people, the servants of David, fell and Uri'ah the Hit'tite also died. 18 Jo'ab now sent that he might report to David all the matters of the war. 19 And he went on to command the messenger, saying: "As soon as you finish speaking to the king about all the matters of the war, 20 then it must occur that if the rage of the king comes up and he does say to you, 'Why did you have to go so near to the city to fight? Did you men not know that they would shoot from on top of the wall? 21 Who was it that struck down Abim'elech the son of Jerub'besheth? Was it not a woman that pitched an upper millstone upon him from on top of the wall so that he died at The'bez? Why did you men have to go so close to the wall?' you must also say, 'Your servant Uri'ah the Hit'tite died too.'" 22 So the messenger went and came and told David all about which Jo'ab had sent him. 23 And the messenger went on to say to David: "The men proved superior to us, so that they came out against us into the field; but we kept pressing them right up to the entrance of the gate. 24 And the shooters kept shooting at your servants from on top of the wall, so that some of the servants of the king died; and your servant Uri'ah the Hit'tite also died." 25 At that David said to the messenger: "This is what you will say to Jo'ab, 'Do not let this matter appear bad in your eyes, for the sword eats up one as well as another. Intensify your battle against the city and throw it down.' And encourage him." 26 And the wife of Uri'ah got to hear that Uri'ah her husband had died, and she began to wail over her owner. 27 When the mourning period was past, David immediately sent and took her home to his house, and she came to be his wife. In time she bore to him a son, but the thing that David had done appeared bad in the eyes of Jehovah. 12 And Jehovah proceeded to send Nathan to David. So he came in to him and said to him: "There were two men that happened to be in one city, the one rich and the other of little means. 2 The rich man happened to have very many sheep and cattle; 3 but the man of little means had nothing but one female lamb, a small one, that he had bought. And he was preserving it alive, and it was growing up with him and with his sons, all together. From his morsel it would eat, and from his cup it would drink, and in his bosom it would lie, and it came to be as a daughter to him. 4 After a while a visitor came to the rich man, but he spared taking some from his own sheep and his own cattle to get such ready for the traveler that had come in to him. So he took the female lamb of the man of little means and got it ready for the man that had come in to him." 5 At this David's anger grew very hot against the man, so that he said to Nathan: "As Jehovah is living, the man doing this deserves to die! 6 And for the female lamb he should make compensation with four, as a consequence of the fact that he has done this thing and because he did not have compassion." 7 Then Nathan said to David: "You yourself are the man! This is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said, 'I myself anointed you as king over Israel, and I myself delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 And I was willing to give you the house of your lord and the wives of your lord into your bosom, and to give you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if it were not enough, I was willing to add to you things like these as well as other things. 9 Why did you despise the word of Jehovah by doing what is bad in his eyes? Uri'ah the Hit'tite you struck down with the sword, and his wife you took as your wife, and him you killed by the sword of the sons of Am'mon.

2 Samuel 11:1-12:9 LITV
(1) And it happened at the turn of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they destroyed the sons of Ammon, and lay siege to Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. (2) And it happened at evening time, David rose up from his bed and walked up and down on the roof of the king's house. And he saw from the roof a woman bathing. And the woman was very good of form. (3) And David sent and asked about the woman. And one said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? (4) And David sent messengers and took her. And she came to him, and he lay with her. And she purified herself from uncleanness, and she returned to her house. (5) And the woman conceived, and sent, and told David. And she said, I am with child. (6) And David sent to Joab, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David. (7) And Uriah came to him. And David asked the peace of Joab, and the peace of the people, and of the success of the war. (8) And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. And Uriah went out of the king's house, and a gift from the king went out after him. (9) Uriah lay down at the entrance of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord. And he did not go down to his house. (10) And they told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house. And David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house? (11) And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah dwell in booths. And my lord Joab, and my lord's servants are camping on the face of the field. And I, shall I go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing. (12) And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you away. And Uriah remained in Jerusalem on that day, and on the next day. (13) And David called for him, and he ate and drank before him. And he made him drunk, and he went out in the evening to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord. And he did not go down to his house. (14) And it happened in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. (15) And he wrote in the letter, saying, Place Uriah in the front of the strongest battle, and withdraw from him, that he may be struck, and die. (16) And it happened, as Joab watched the city, that he sent Uriah to the place where he knew there would be mighty men. (17) And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab, and some of the people fell of David's servants. And Uriah the Hittite also died. (18) And Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war. (19) And he commanded the messenger, saying, As you finish all the matters of the war, speaking to the king, (20) then it shall be, if the king's fury rises, and he says to you, Why did you draw near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from off the wall? (21) Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerub-besheth? Did not a woman throw a piece of a riding millstone on him from the wall, and he died in Thebez? Why did you draw near to the wall? Then you shall say, Also your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead. (22) And the messenger went and came and told David all that which Joab had sent him to tell, (23) and the messenger said to David, Surely the men have been mighty against us, and came out to us into the field. And we were on them to the entrance of the gate. (24) And those shooting shot at your servants from off the wall, and some of the servants of the king are dead. And also your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead. (25) And David said to the messenger, You shall say to Joab, Do not let this thing be evil in your eyes. For the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it. And make him strong. (26) And Uriah's wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead. And she mourned for her husband. (27) And the mourning time passed by. And David sent and gathered her to his house; and she became his wife, and bore a son to him. And the thing which David had done was evil in the eyes of Jehovah.
2 Samuel 12:1-9 LITV
(1) And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said to him, There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor. (2) The rich one had flocks and very many herds. (3) But the poor one had nothing except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished. And it grew up with him, and with his sons together, and it ate of his morsel, and it drank from his cup, and it lay in his bosom. And it was like a daughter to him. (4) And a traveler came to the rich one, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. And he took the ewe lamb of the poor man, and prepared it for the man who had come to him. (5) And David's anger glowed greatly against the man. And he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, surely the man who did this is a son of death. (6) And he shall repay fourfold for the ewe lamb, because he has done this thing, and because he had no pity. (7) And Nathan said to David, You are the man! So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed you as king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. (8) And I gave you the house of your master, and your master's wives into your bosom. And I gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if that were too little, then I would have added to you these and those things. (9) Why have you despised the Word of Jehovah, to do the evil in His eyes? You have stricken Uriah the Hittite by the sword, and you have taken his wife to yourself for a wife. And you have killed him by the sword of the sons of Ammon.

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