2 Samuel 11:3

And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

In Context

2Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

4And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:39Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.

1 Chronicles 11:41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad, the son of Ahlai,

Jeremiah 5:8They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.

James 1:14But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

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 →

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