2 Samuel 11 (NET)

2 Samuel 11:1¹In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 20:11 Kgs 20:261 Kgs 20:222 Chr 36:10Eccl 3:8Deut 3:11Ezek 21:202 Sam 12:26-28Zech 14:3

2 Samuel 11:2²One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:28Ps 119:371 John 2:16Acts 10:9Job 31:1Prov 6:251 Pet 4:71 Thess 5:6-7Deut 22:8Gen 3:6

2 Samuel 11:3³So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 23:391 Chr 3:5Jas 1:14-15Jer 5:81 Chr 11:41Hos 7:6-7

2 Samuel 11:4⁴David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he went to bed with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:14-15Lev 18:19Ps 51:1-19Lev 12:2-5Prov 30:20Gen 39:7Job 31:9-11Lev 15:19-33Ps 50:18

2 Samuel 11:5⁵The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, “I’m pregnant.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 22:22Prov 6:34

2 Samuel 11:6⁶So David sent a message to Joab that said, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:131 Sam 15:30Gen 38:18-23Gen 4:7Isa 29:13Job 20:12-14Matt 26:70Matt 26:72Matt 26:74

2 Samuel 11:7⁷When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:22Gen 37:14Gen 29:6

2 Samuel 11:8⁸Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your home and relax.” When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 18:4Gen 19:2Gen 43:24Gen 43:34Heb 4:13Isa 29:15Luke 12:2Luke 7:44Ps 12:2Ps 44:21

2 Samuel 11:9⁹But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 5:12-14Prov 21:30

2 Samuel 11:10¹⁰So they informed David, “Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey? Why haven’t you gone down to your house?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 11:11¹¹Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and go to bed with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:22 Sam 20:62 Sam 7:61 Sam 1:261 Cor 9:25-271 Sam 14:181 Sam 17:551 Sam 20:31 Sam 25:261 Sam 4:4

2 Samuel 11:12¹²So David said to Uriah, “Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 2:22-23Jer 2:37

2 Samuel 11:13¹³Then David summoned him. He ate and drank with him, and got him drunk. But in the evening he went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his lord; he did not go down to his own house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 2:15Gen 19:32-35Exod 32:21Prov 20:1

2 Samuel 11:14¹⁴In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:8-10Jer 17:9Jer 9:1-4Mic 7:3-5Ps 19:13Ps 52:2Ps 62:9

2 Samuel 11:15¹⁵In the letter he wrote: “Station Uriah at the front in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 12:9Ps 51:41 Sam 18:171 Sam 18:211 Sam 18:252 Sam 11:17Jer 20:13Ps 51:14

2 Samuel 11:16¹⁶So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:31-341 Kgs 2:51 Kgs 21:12-141 Sam 22:17-192 Kgs 10:62 Sam 11:212 Sam 20:9-102 Sam 3:27Acts 5:29Hos 5:11

2 Samuel 11:17¹⁷When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 12:9Ps 51:14

2 Samuel 11:18¹⁸Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 11:19¹⁹He instructed the messenger as follows: “When you finish giving the battle report to the king,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 11:20²⁰if the king becomes angry and asks you, ‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 11:21²¹Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman throw an upper millstone down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ just say to him, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 7:1Judg 9:50-542 Sam 3:272 Sam 3:34Judg 6:32Ezek 16:51-52Isa 14:10Ps 39:8

2 Samuel 11:22²²So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 11:23²³The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and attacked us in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way to the door of the city gate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 11:24²⁴Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king’s soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 11:25²⁵David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.’ Encourage him with these words.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 6:92 Sam 12:26Eccl 9:1-3Josh 7:8-9Eccl 9:11-12

2 Samuel 11:26²⁶When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:22 Sam 3:31Gen 27:41

2 Samuel 11:27²⁷When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 12:9Ps 51:4-51 Chr 21:7Deut 22:29Gen 38:10Heb 13:42 Sam 3:2-52 Sam 5:13-16Ps 5:6