2 Samuel 11:2-9

2One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat] roof of the king’s palace, and from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very beautiful in appearance.

3David sent word and inquired about the woman. Someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

4David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he lay with her. And when she was purified from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

5The woman conceived; and she sent word and told David, “I am pregnant.”

6Then David sent word to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

7When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the people were doing, and how the war was progressing.

8Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet (spend time at home).” Uriah left the king’s palace, and a gift from the king was sent out after him.

9But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s palace with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.