2 Samuel 11
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2 Samuel 11:2-9

2Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

3So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

4Then 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.

5And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

6Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.

7When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.

8And David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him.

9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

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