2 Samuel 11:4
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.
King James Version
In Context
5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Cross References
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Leviticus 15:19And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
Deuteronomy 5:18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms 51:2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
James 1:14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:2-6
David's Sin with Bath-sheba. ( b. c. 1037.) 1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, 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… Read the whole commentary →