2 Samuel 11:5

2 Samuel 11:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
• New International Version (NIV)The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

Context of 2 Samuel 11:5

3So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” 4Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.” 6At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David. 7When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

2 Samuel 11:5 word by word

וַתַּ֖הַר הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וַתִּשְׁלַח֙ וַתַּגֵּ֣ד לְדָוִ֔ד וַתֹּ֖אמֶר הָרָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי׃Read the interlinear

• And the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• conceivedהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
• and sent wordשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• and sent wordנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• to Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Iאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
• am pregnantהָרָהhâreh hârîy · pregnantH2030

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:5

• Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
• Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And the woman conceived - A proof of the observation on 2 Samuel 11:4; as that is the time in which women are most apt to conceive.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah show that David was capable of serious moral failure. These actions deeply damaged David’s life and leadership. These failures took place during a period when David was enjoying major military success against the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:26–31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. the woman conceived, and sent and told David--Some immediate measures of concealing their sin were necessary, as well for the king's honor as for her safety, for death was the punishment of an adulteress (Le 20:10).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 11:5

• Adultery
• Bastard
• Bath-Sheba (Bathsheba)
• Covetousness
• David
• Instability
• Lasciviousness
• Temptation
• Uriah
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• David
• Approach
• Bathsheba
• Samuel, Books of
• Uriah
• Bible, the
• Gentiles
• Hittites
• Israel, History of
• Nathan (1)

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings