2 GLT And it happened, at the time of the evening, and David got up from his bed, and he walked about on the roof of the house of the king, and he saw from the roof a woman bathing. And the woman{ was} very good of appearance. BSB BSB: One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
3 GLT And David sent, and he inquired about the woman. And he said,“Is that not Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” BSB BSB: So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
4 GLT And David sent messengers, and he took her. And she came to him, and he laid with her.(And she was keeping herself sanctified from her uncleanness.) And she returned to her house. BSB BSB: Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
5 GLT Αnd the woman became pregnant, and she sent, and she informed David, and she said,“I{ am} pregnant.” BSB BSB: And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
6 GLT And David sent to Joab,“Send Uriah the Hittite to me.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. BSB BSB: At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
7 GLT And Uriah came to him. And David asked for the welfare of Joab and for the welfare of the people and for the welfare of the war. BSB BSB: When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.
8 GLT And David said to Uriah,“Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out from the house of the king, and a present{ from} the king went out after him. BSB BSB: Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
9 GLT And Uriah lay down{ at} the opening of the house of the king with all the servants of his lord. And he did not go down to his house. BSB BSB: But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
10 GLT And they informed David, saying,“Uriah did not go down to his house.” And David said to Uriah,“Are you not coming from a road? Why did you not go down to your house?” BSB BSB: And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
11 GLT And Uriah said to David,“The Box and Israel and Judah are living in tents, and my lord, Joab, and the servants of my lord{ are} encamped on the face of the field. But I, will I go to my house to eat and to drink and to lay with my wife?{ By} your life and{ by} the life of your spirit, I will not do this thing!” BSB BSB: Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
12 GLT And David said to Uriah,“Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will send you.” And Uriah stayed in Jerusalem on that day and from the following day. BSB BSB: “Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13 GLT And David called to him, and he ate to his face, and he drank, and he made him drunk. And he went out in the evening to lie down in his bed with the servants of his lord, but to his house, he did not go down. BSB BSB: Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
14 GLT And it happened in the morning, and David wrote a scroll to Joab. And he sent{ it} by the hand of Uriah. BSB BSB: The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
15 GLT And he wrote in the scroll, saying,“Give Uriah to the front of the face of the strongest battle, and turn them back from behind him so that he will be struck and die.” BSB BSB: In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
16 GLT And it happened, when Joab kept watch over the city, and he gave Uriah to the place where he knew that men of military prowess{ were} there. BSB BSB: So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.
17 GLT And the men of the city went out, and they fought Joab, and some of the people from the servants of David fell. And also Uriah the Hittite died. BSB BSB: And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
18 GLT And Joab sent, and he informed David every word of the war. BSB BSB: Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
19 GLT And he commanded the messenger, saying,“As you are finishing every word of the war by speaking to the king, BSB BSB: and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,
20 GLT it will be, if the heat of the king rises, and he says to you,‘Why did you draw near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? BSB BSB: if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
21 GLT Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerub- Besheth? Did not a woman throw down on him an upper millstone from the wall, and he died in Thebez? Why did you draw near to the wall?’ And you will say,‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’” BSB BSB: Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
22 GLT And the messenger went, and he came, and he told David everything that Joab had sent him{ to say}. BSB BSB: So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
23 GLT And the messenger said to David that the men prevailed against us, and they came out against us{ to} the field. But we were against them up to the opening of the gate. BSB BSB: The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
24 GLT And the people who were shooting shot to your servants from the wall and{ some} from the servants of the king died— and also your servant Uriah the Hittite died.” BSB BSB: Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
25 GLT And David said to the messenger,“Thus, you will say to Joab,‘Do not let this matter be grievous in your eyes, for like that one and like this one the sword devours. Strengthen your war against the city and tear it down.’ And strengthen him.” BSB BSB: Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
26 GLT And the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband died. And she lamented for her husband. BSB BSB: When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
27 GLT And the mourning period passed, and David sent, and he gathered her to his house, and she became a wife to him, and she bore a son for him. But the thing that David had done was grievous in the eyes of Yahweh. BSB BSB: And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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