2 Samuel 11
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2 Samuel 11:2-9

2One evening, David got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman who was washing herself. She was very beautiful.

3David sent a servant to ask who she was. The servant told him, ‘She is Eliam's daughter, Bathsheba. She is the wife of Uriah the Hittite.’

4Then David sent some servants to bring Bathsheba to him. She came to him and he slept with her. (She had just made herself clean from her monthly blood loss.) Then she returned to her home.

5Later, Bathsheba realized that she was pregnant. She sent a message to tell David about it.

6So David sent a message to Joab. He said, ‘Send Uriah the Hittite to me.’ So Joab sent Uriah to David.

7When Uriah arrived, David asked him about Joab and the Israelite army. He asked Uriah about the war.

8Then David said to Uriah, ‘Now go to your house and rest for a time.’ So Uriah left the palace. Then King David sent a gift to him at home.

9But Uriah slept at the door of the palace, together with his master's servants. He did not go to his house.

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