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

3David sent someone to ask about the woman. The man said, “She’s Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite.” 4So 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. The 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. 7When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the troops were and how the war was going.

2 Samuel 11:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• conceivedהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
• and sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• and toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• with childהָרָהhâreh hârîy · pregnantH2030

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:5

• Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is caught having sexual intercourse with a married woman, both that man and the woman must die. You must get rid of this evil in Israel.
• Proverbs 6:34because jealousy arouses a husband’s fury. The husband will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

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