2 Samuel 11:4

2 Samuel 11:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.

Context of 2 Samuel 11:4

2Now, when evening came, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the royal palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing, and she was very pretty. 3David sent someone to ask about the woman. The man said, “She’s Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite.” So David sent messengers and took her. She came to him, and he went to bed with her. (She had just cleansed herself after her monthly period.) Then she went home. 5The woman had become pregnant. So she sent someone to tell David that she was pregnant. 6Then David sent a messenger to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

2 Samuel 11:4 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ דָּוִ֨ד מַלְאָכִ֜ים וַיִּקָּחֶ֗הָ וַתָּב֤וֹא אֵלָיו֙ וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב עִמָּ֔הּ וְהִ֥יא מִתְקַדֶּ֖שֶׁת מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑הּ וַתָּ֖שָׁב אֶל־בֵּיתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• her; and she came inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto him, and he layשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• with her; for she was purifiedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• from her uncleannessטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
• and she returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• unto her houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:4

• Genesis 39:7After a while his master’s wife began to desire Joseph, so she said, “Come to bed with me.”
• Job 31:9“If I have been seduced by a woman or I have secretly waited near my neighbor’s door,
• Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery.
• Psalms 51:1Have pity on me, O God, in keeping with your mercy. In keeping with your unlimited compassion, wipe out my rebellious acts.
• James 1:14Everyone is tempted by his own desires as they lure him away and trap him.
• Leviticus 12:2“Tell the Israelites: When a woman gives birth to a boy, she will be unclean for seven days. This is the same number of days she is unclean for her monthly period.
• Leviticus 15:19“When a woman has her monthly period, she will be unclean for seven days. Those who touch her will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 18:19“Never have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is unclean during her monthly period.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And she came in unto him - We hear nothing of her reluctance, and there is no evidence that she was taken by force.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4It is not clear whether Bathsheba came to David’s palace by her own choice. David was the king, and Bathsheba was a subject under his authority. This unequal power relationship means that she may not have been free to refuse his summons. The text does not record any protest from Bathsheba, unlike other passages where protest is clearly stated (compare 2 Samuel 13:12–13). Afterward, she married David, bore him another son, and later urged David to name…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. David sent messengers, and took her--The despotic kings of the East, when they take a fancy for a woman, send an officer to the house were she lives, who announces it to be the royal pleasure she should remove to the palace. An apartment is there assigned to her; and if she is made queen, the monarch orders the announcement to be made that he has made choice of her to be queen. Many instances in modern Oriental history show the ease and despatch with…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 11:4

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

In the dictionaries

• David
• Approach
• Bathsheba
• Samuel, Books of
• Uriah
• Ablution
• Bible, the
• Gentiles
• Hittites
• Israel, History of

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