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

3and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite? 4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house. And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 6And David sent to Joab [saying], Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David. 7And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.

2 Samuel 11:5 word by word

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

• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• conceivedהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:5

• Deuteronomy 22:22If a man be found lying with a man's wife, they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel.
• Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare 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