2 Samuel 11:4

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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

5And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child.'

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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: 'Lie with me.'

Leviticus 15:19And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days; and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

Deuteronomy 5:18(5-17) Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.

Psalms 51:2(51-4) Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

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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