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

2One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. 3So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home. 5The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, “I’m pregnant.” 6So David sent a message to Joab that said, “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 39:7Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Have sex with me.”
• Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,
• Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.
• Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.
• Leviticus 12:2“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a woman produces offspring and bears a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation.
• Leviticus 15:19“‘When a woman has a discharge and her discharge is blood from her body, she is to be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 18:19“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.

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