2nd Samuel Chapter 11 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And it came to pass, after the year <H8141> was expired, <H8666> at the time <H6256> when kings <H4428> <H4397> go forth <H3318> [to battle], that David <H1732> sent <H7971> Joab, <H3097> and his servants <H5650> with him, and all Israel; <H3478> and they destroyed <H7843> the children <H1121> of Ammon, <H5983> and besieged <H6696> Rabbah. <H7237> But David <H1732> tarried <H3427> still at Jerusalem. <H3389>
2: And it came to pass in an eveningtide, <H6153> <H6256> that David <H1732> arose <H6965> from off his bed, <H4904> and walked <H1980> upon the roof <H1406> of the king's <H4428> house: <H1004> and from the roof <H1406> he saw <H7200> a woman <H0802> washing <H7364> herself; and the woman <H0802> [was] very <H3966> beautiful <H2896> to look upon. <H4758>
3: And David <H1732> sent <H7971> and enquired <H1875> after the woman. <H0802> And [one] said, <H0559> [Is] not this Bathsheba, <H1339> the daughter <H1323> of Eliam, <H0463> the wife <H0802> of Uriah <H0223> the Hittite? <H2850>
4: And David <H1732> sent <H7971> messengers, <H4397> and took <H3947> her; and she came in <H0935> unto him, and he lay <H7901> with her; for she was purified <H6942> from her uncleanness: <H2932> and she returned <H7725> unto her house. <H1004>
5: And the woman <H0802> conceived, <H2029> and sent <H7971> and told <H5046> David, <H1732> and said, <H0559> I [am] with child. <H2030>
6: And David <H1732> sent <H7971> to Joab, <H3097> [saying], Send <H7971> me Uriah <H0223> the Hittite. <H2850> And Joab <H3097> sent <H7971> Uriah <H0223> to David. <H1732>
7: And when Uriah <H0223> was come <H0935> unto him, David <H1732> demanded <H7592> [of him] how Joab <H3097> did, <H7965> and how the people <H5971> did, <H7965> and how the war <H4421> prospered. <H7965>
8: And David <H1732> said <H0559> to Uriah, <H0223> Go down <H3381> to thy house, <H1004> and wash <H7364> thy feet. <H7272> And Uriah <H0223> departed <H3318> out of the king's <H4428> house, <H1004> and there followed <H3318> <H0310> him a mess <H4864> [of meat] from the king. <H4428>
9: But Uriah <H0223> slept <H7901> at the door <H6607> of the king's <H4428> house <H1004> with all the servants <H5650> of his lord, <H0113> and went not down <H3381> to his house. <H1004>
10: And when they had told <H5046> David, <H1732> saying, <H0559> Uriah <H0223> went not down <H3381> unto his house, <H1004> David <H1732> said <H0559> unto Uriah, <H0223> Camest <H0935> thou not from [thy] journey? <H1870> why [then] didst thou not go down <H3381> unto thine house? <H1004>
11: And Uriah <H0223> said <H0559> unto David, <H1732> The ark, <H0727> and Israel, <H3478> and Judah, <H3063> abide <H3427> in tents; <H5521> and my lord <H0113> Joab, <H3097> and the servants <H5650> of my lord, <H0113> are encamped <H2583> in the open <H6440> fields; <H7704> shall I <H0589> then go <H0935> into mine house, <H1004> to eat <H0398> and to drink, <H8354> and to lie <H7901> with my wife? <H0802> [as] thou livest, <H2416> and [as] thy soul <H5315> liveth, <H2416> I will not do <H6213> this thing. <H1697>
12: And David <H1732> said <H0559> to Uriah, <H0223> Tarry <H3427> here to day <H3117> also, and to morrow <H4279> I will let thee depart. <H7971> So Uriah <H0223> abode <H3427> in Jerusalem <H3389> that day, <H3117> and the morrow. <H4283>
13: And when David <H1732> had called <H7121> him, he did eat <H0398> and drink <H8354> before <H6440> him; and he made him drunk: <H7937> and at even <H6153> he went out <H3318> to lie <H7901> on his bed <H4904> with the servants <H5650> of his lord, <H0113> but went not down <H3381> to his house. <H1004>
14: And it came to pass in the morning, <H1242> that David <H1732> wrote <H3789> a letter <H5612> to Joab, <H3097> and sent <H7971> [it] by the hand <H3027> of Uriah. <H0223>
15: And he wrote <H3789> in the letter, <H5612> saying, <H0559> Set <H3051> ye Uriah <H0223> in the forefront <H6440> <H4136> of the hottest <H2389> battle, <H4421> and retire <H7725> ye from <H0310> him, that he may be smitten, <H5221> and die. <H4191>
16: And it came to pass, when Joab <H3097> observed <H8104> the city, <H5892> that he assigned <H5414> Uriah <H0223> unto a place <H4725> where he knew <H3045> that valiant <H2428> men <H0582> [were].
17: And the men <H0582> of the city <H5892> went out, <H3318> and fought <H3898> with Joab: <H3097> and there fell <H5307> [some] of the people <H5971> of the servants <H5650> of David; <H1732> and Uriah <H0223> the Hittite <H2850> died <H4191> also.
18: Then Joab <H3097> sent <H7971> and told <H5046> David <H1732> all the things <H1697> concerning the war; <H4421>
19: And charged <H6680> the messenger, <H4397> saying, <H0559> When thou hast made an end <H3615> of telling <H1696> the matters <H1697> of the war <H4421> unto the king, <H4428>
20: And if so be that the king's <H4428> wrath <H2534> arise, <H5927> and he say <H0559> unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh <H5066> unto the city <H5892> when ye did fight? <H3898> knew <H3045> ye not that they would shoot <H3384> from the wall? <H2346>
21: Who smote <H5221> Abimelech <H0040> the son <H1121> of Jerubbesheth? <H3380> did not a woman <H0802> cast <H7993> a piece <H6400> of a millstone <H7393> upon him from the wall, <H2346> that he died <H4191> in Thebez? <H8405> why went ye nigh <H5066> the wall? <H2346> then say <H0559> thou, Thy servant <H5650> Uriah <H0223> the Hittite <H2850> is dead <H4191> also.
22: So the messenger <H4397> went, <H3212> and came <H0935> and shewed <H5046> David <H1732> all that Joab <H3097> had sent <H7971> him for.
23: And the messenger <H4397> said <H0559> unto David, <H1732> Surely the men <H0582> prevailed <H1396> against us, and came out <H3318> unto us into the field, <H7704> and we were upon them even unto the entering <H6607> of the gate. <H8179>
24: And the shooters <H3384> shot <H3384> from off the wall <H2346> upon thy servants; <H5650> and [some] of the king's <H4428> servants <H5650> be dead, <H4191> and thy servant <H5650> Uriah <H0223> the Hittite <H2850> is dead <H4191> also.
25: Then David <H1732> said <H0559> unto the messenger, <H4397> Thus shalt thou say <H0559> unto Joab, <H3097> Let not this thing <H1697> displease <H3415> <H5869> thee, for the sword <H2719> devoureth <H0398> one as <H2090> well as another: <H2088> make thy battle <H4421> more strong <H2388> against the city, <H5892> and overthrow <H2040> it: and encourage <H2388> thou him.
26: And when the wife <H0802> of Uriah <H0223> heard <H8085> that Uriah <H0223> her husband <H0376> was dead, <H4191> she mourned <H5594> for her husband. <H1167>
27: And when the mourning <H0060> was past, <H5674> David <H1732> sent <H7971> and fetched <H0622> her to his house, <H1004> and she became his wife, <H0802> and bare <H3205> him a son. <H1121> But the thing <H1697> that David <H1732> had done <H6213> displeased <H3415> <H5869> the LORD. <H3068>