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2 Samuel 11:2-4
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 11:2-4
International Standard Version
2 Late one afternoon about dusk,[a] David got up from his couch and was walking around on the roof of the royal palace. From there[b] he watched a woman taking a bath, and she[c] was very beautiful to look at.
3 David sent word[d] to inquire about her,[e] and someone told him, “This is Eliam’s daughter Bathsheba,[f] the wife of Uriah the Hittite, isn’t it?” 4 So David sent some messengers, took her from her home,[g] and she went to him, and he had sex with her. (She had been consecrating herself following her menstrual separation.)[h] Then she returned to her home.
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- 2 Samuel 11:2 Lit. It happened at the time of the evening
- 2 Samuel 11:2 Lit. From the roof
- 2 Samuel 11:2 Lit. and the woman
- 2 Samuel 11:3 The Heb. lacks word
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Lit. the woman
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Eliam’s father was Ahithophel, Bathsheba’s grandfather; cf. 2Sam 15:12; 23:34
- 2 Samuel 11:4 The Heb. lacks from her home
- 2 Samuel 11:4 I.e. a week-long period of ritual exemption from participation in Israel’s social and worship community; cf. Lev 15:19, 28; 18:19
2 Samuel 11:2-4
New International Version
2 Samuel 11:2-4
New International Version
2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof(A) of the palace. From the roof he saw(B) a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba,(C) the daughter of Eliam(D) and the wife of Uriah(E) the Hittite.” 4 Then David sent messengers to get her.(F) She came to him, and he slept(G) with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.)(H) Then she went back home.
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