II. Samvurn XI. 2.

B.C. about 1035.
DAVID AND ATH- SHEBA.
ba. bathing- herself. b. Bath- sheba,
Daughter- of an oath, e. Eliam,
Beople-of
u, Uriah, Light-of Jehovah.
4. Ps.51, title. James 1. 14.
a, and,
URIAH SENT FOR.
o. of the peace of, &e.
w. weighty- portion.
e. entrance, Heb
pethakh.
SLAIN.
15. Ch. 12. 9.
@. Hed. £ anahshim.
URIAH
with him, and -all Israél; and they destroyed +the_s children_of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David 4tarried_still at Jerusalem.
2 And it came_to_pass in an evening- tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the_roof_of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman «washing _herself; and the woman was very beautiful to_look_ upon.
8 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, “Js not this 4 Bath-sheba, the _ daughter _ of cEliam, the_wife_of «Uriah the Hittite?”
4 And David sent messengers, and took her: and she came_in unto him, and he lay with her; «for she +was_ purified from her uncleanness : and she returned unto her house.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, “E am with_child.”
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me «Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent «Uriah to David.
7 And when Uriah was_come unto him, David demanded of him chow Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Uriah, “:Go_ down to thy house, and -wash thy. feet.” And Uriah departed out_of the king’s house, and there followed him aw mess of meat from the king.
% But Uriah slept at the_e¢ door_of the king’s house with all the_servants_
| of his =lord, and went not down to his
house.
10 And when they had_told David, saying, “ Uriah went not down unto his house,” Dayidsaid unto Uriah, “Camest thou not from thy journey ? why then didst thou not go_down unto thine house ?”
il And Uriah said unto David, “The ark, and Israél, and Judah, +abide in xtents; and my -lord Joab, and the_ servants_of my -lord, +are_encamped in the open fields ; shall E then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? a@s thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do xthis *thing.”
2 And David said to Uriah, “-Tarry herex to-day also, and to-morrow I will_ let_thee_depart.” So Uriah abode in Jerusalem xthat xday, and the morrow.
13 And when David had_called him, he did_eat and drink before him; and he made_him_drunk : and at xeven he went_out to lie on his bed with the_ servants_of his =lord, but went not down to his house.
14 And it came_to_pass in the morn- ing, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the_hand_of Uriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set ye -Uriah in the_forefront-_of the hottest xbattle, and -retire ye from him, that he -may_be_smitten, and die.”
16 And it came_to_pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a xplace where he knew that valiant «men were.
TI. SAMUEL XII.
7 And the_emen-_of the city went_ B.C.2 out, and fo ps with Joab: and there} 10 fell some_of tl eople of the_servants_ Dis David ; wal riah the Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David -all the_things_concerning the war; _
19 And charged +the messenger, say- ing, “ When thou hast-made_an_end of telling -the_matters_of the war unto the king,
20 And if so -be that the king’ 8 wrath tarise, and he *say unto thee, “Where- fore approached. -ye_so_nigh unto the city when ye did_fight ? knew ye not eect they would_shoot /from the|y. from off, wall?
21 Who smote -Abimelech the_son_of} 21. Judg.9. Jerubbesheth ? did not a woman cast a «piece_of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went_ye_nigh the wall?’ then -say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite -is_ dead also.”
2 So the messenger went,.and came and shewed David «all that Joab had_ sent him for.
23 And the messenger said unto Da- vid, “Surely the «men prevailed against us, and came_out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the_ eentering_of the gate.
24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some_of the king’s servants be. dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite -is_dead also.”
2 Then David said unto the mes- senger, “Thus shalt_thou_say unto Joab, tLet not xthis *thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as_ well_as another: -make thy battle more _strong against the city, and -overthrow it: and sencourage thou
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DAVID's” REPLY,
26 And when the_wife_of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was_dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 And when the mourning was_past, Dayid sent and fetched her to rai house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son, But the thing that David had_done wdispleased ‘the
Lorp, 1 AND /Jthe Lorp sent -Nathan unto David. And he came unto
him, and said unto him, “There_were
two men in one city; the_one rich,
and the_other poor. 2: 2 The rich man had exceeding many
flocks and herds:
8 But the poor man had. nothing, save one little ewe_lamb, which he had. bought and nourished_up : and it up together with him, and wit! is schildren; it tdid_eat of his_own|s. mmeat, and drank of his_own cup, and Hay in ‘his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take}: of his_own flock and of his_own herd, to dress for the wayfaring-man that was_ come unto him; but took the poor ixman’s -lamb, and dressed it for the iman that was_come to him,”
5 And David’s anger was greatly
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Elohim.
J. Jehovah.
6. sons.
DAVID's CONFES-
| THE CHILD DIEs.
ad. a fast, «Heb. ts
d. do evil to
3 Tl. Samvuet XII. 6. Bd about | kindled against the ‘man; and he said 1034.
to Nathan, “As? the LoRD liveth, the iman xthat hath_done this thing sshall surely die:
6 And he shall_restore -the lamb fourfold, because he did «this xthing, and because he had no pity.”
7 And Nathan said to David, “Thou art the iman. Thus saith J the Lorp =God_of Israél, € anointed thee king oyer Israél, and £ delivered thee out_of the_hand_of Saul ;
8 And I gave thee thy master's “house, and thy master’s -wives into thy bo- som, and gave thee -the_house_of Is- raél and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have_ given unto thee such and such_things.
9 Wherefore -hast _ thou _ despised -the.commandment_of Jthe Lorp, to do xevil in His sight? thou -hast_killed «Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and ‘hast_taken his «wife to be thy wife, and -hast_slain him with the_sword_of the_schildren_of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall_ never depart from thine house ; because thou -hast_despised Me, and hast_taken -the_wife_of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
il Thus -saith Jthe Lorp, Behold, I 4will_raise_up evil against thee out_of thine_own house, and I -will_take thy “wives before thine eyes, and «give them unto thy neighbour, and he sshall_lie with thy wives in the_sight_of xthis xsun.
12 For thon didst it xsecretly: but £ will.do xthis *thing before all Israél, and before the sun.”
13 And David said unto Nathan, “I shave_sinned against Jthe Lorp.” And Nathan said unto David, “JThe Lorp also -hath_cput_away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
14 Howbeit, because by xthis xdeed thou -hast_given great_occasion to ethe_enemies _of Jthe Lorp to blas- pheme, the schild also that is xborn unto thee shall_surely die.”
15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And ‘the Lorp struck rthe child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was_very_sick.
16 Dayid therefore besought *=God for the child ; and David fasted ,«, and
m. |ewent_in, and slay all-night upon_the_ h.
earth.
17 And the_elders_of his house arose, and went to him, to raise_him_up from the earth: but he would not, neither did_he_eat bread with them.
18 And it came_to_pass on the seventh xday, that the child died. And the_ servants.of David feared to tell him that the child was_dead: for they said, “Behold, while the child was_yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then @-vex himself, if we tell him that the child -is_dead ?”
19 But when Dayid saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was_dead: therefore David said unto his servants, “-Is the ead dead 2?” And they said, “He -is_
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20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came_into the_house_of /fhe Lorp, and wor- shipped: then he came to his_own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did_eat.
21-Then said his servants unto him, “What xthing zs xthis that thou -hast_ done? thou didst_fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was. dead, thou didst_rise and eat bread.”
22 And he said, “While the child was_yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who +can_tell whether ) Gop will_ le gracious to me, that the child -may_ ive ?
3% But now he is_dead, wherefore should £ fast? can I bring_him_back again ? E-shall_go to him, but he shall not return to me.”
24 And David comforted -Bath-sheba his wife, and went_in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name sSolomon: and / the Lorp loved him.
% And He sent by the_hand_of Nathan the prophet ; and he called his name Jj Jedidiah, because of Jthe Lorp.
26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the_schildren_of Ammon, and took the royal -city.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, andsaid,“I-have _foughtagainstRabbah, and -haye_taken -the_ city_of xwaters.
28 Now therefore -gather -the_rest_ of the people together, and -encamp against the city, and -take it: lest £ Hake -the city, and it be_called after my name.”
29 And David gathered ~all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
30And he took their king’s ¢-crown from off his head, the_weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones : and it was set on David's head. And he brought_forth the_spoil_of the ny in great abundance.
81 And he brought_forth -the people that were therein, and put them t under xsaws, and tunder xharrows of i iron, and tunder axes of xiron, and -made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus tdid he unto all the_cities_of the_ schildren_of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jeru-
salem.
13 AND it came_to_pass after this, that Absalom the_son_of David
had a fair sister, whose name was
‘Tamar; anda Amnon the_son_of David
loved her.
2 And Amnon was_so_vexed, that he|% fell_sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any-thing to her.
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was jJonadab, the_son_ of Shi- meah Davyid’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil ‘man.
4 And he said unto him, “Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me?”