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

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?” 4David 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. The 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. 7When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign 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 relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.
• Proverbs 6:34for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show 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