2 Samuel 11:4

David sent messengers to fetch her. When she came to him, he had sex with her. (Now she had just purified herself from having her period.) Afterwards she went back home.

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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

3David sent someone to find out about the woman. He was told, “It's Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

5Bathsheba became pregnant and sent a message to David to tell him, “I'm pregnant.”

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Cross References

Genesis 39:7so some time later he caught the eye of his master's wife. She propositioned him, saying, “Come here! Sleep with me!”

Leviticus 15:19When a woman has a discharge of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her period for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until the evening.

Deuteronomy 5:18You must not commit adultery.

Psalms 50:18When you see people stealing, you admire them; you associate with adulterers.

Psalms 51:2Wash away all my guilt; cleanse me from my sin.

James 1:14Temptations come from our own evil desires that lead us astray and entrap us.

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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