Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Second
Samuel: Chapter 11
1. AND it came to pass,
after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle,
that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and
they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But
David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2. And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his
bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he
saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look
upon.
3. And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is
not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of E-li-am, the wife of U-ri-ah the
Hittite?
4. 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.
5. And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with
child.
6. And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me U-ri-ah the Hittite.
And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7. And when U-ri-ah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab
did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8. And David said to U-ri-ah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy
feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there
followed him a mess of meat from the king.
9. But U-ri-ah slept at the door of the king's house with all the
servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10. And when they had told David, saying, U-ri-ah went not down unto his
house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then
didst thou not go down unto thine house?
11. And U-ri-ah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide
in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in
the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink,
and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will
not do this thing.
12. And David said to U-ri-ah, Tarry here to-day also, and tomorrow I
will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and
the morrow.
13. And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and
he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the
servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
14. And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to
Joab, and sent it by the hand of U-ri-ah.
15. And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye U-ri-ah in the forefront
of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten,
and die.
16. And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned
U-ri-ah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17. And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there
fell some of the people of the servants of David; and U-ri-ah the
Hittite died also.
18. Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19. And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of
telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20. And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto
thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight?
knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
21. Who smote A-bim-e-lech the son of Je-rub-be-sheth? did not a woman
cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in The-bez?
why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant U-ri-ah the
Hittite is dead also.
22. So the messenger went and came and shewed David all that Joab had
sent him for.
23. And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against
us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto
the entering of the gate.
24. And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some
of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant U-ri-ah the Hittite is
dead also.
25. Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab,
Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well
as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow
it: and encourage thou him.
26. And when the wife of U-ri-ah heard that Uriah her husband was dead,
she mourned for her husband.
27. And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his
house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing
that David had done displeased the LORD.
Apr. 20 Daily reading
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