2 Samuel 11:4

And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite.

5And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:7h And after many days his mistress 'cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me.

Leviticus 15:19The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days.

Deuteronomy 5:18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

Psalms 50:18If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

Psalms 51:2when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bethsabee.

James 1:14But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

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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