2 Samuel 11:4
And 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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5And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
Cross References
Genesis 39:7And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
Leviticus 15:19And if a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she will have to be kept separate for seven days, and anyone touching her will be unclean till evening.
Deuteronomy 5:18Do not be false to the married relation.
Psalms 50:18When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.
Psalms 51:2\51:1\When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.
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 →