2 Samuel 11:4
And David sent messengers, and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness), and she returned to her house.
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In Context
5And the woman conceived. And she 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, Lay with me.
Leviticus 15:19And if a woman has an issue, [and] her issue in her flesh is blood, she shall be seven days in her impurity, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
Deuteronomy 5:18Neither shall thou commit adultery.
Psalms 50:18When thou saw a thief, thou consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
James 1:14But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away 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 →