³ So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he reported, “This is Bathsheba,^(A) daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah^(B) the Hittite.”^[a]

¹⁵ In the letter he wrote:

¹⁶ When Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. ¹⁷ Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David’s soldiers fell in battle; Uriah the Hittite also died.

⁹ Why then have you despised the command of the Lord by doing what I consider^[a] evil?^(A) You struck down Uriah^(B) the Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife—you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.^{(C) 10} Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house^(D) because you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own wife.’