2 Samuel 11:4

And David sends messengers, and takes her, and she comes to him, and he lies with her—and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness—and she turns back to her house;

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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

3and David sends and inquires about the woman, and [someone] says, “Is this not Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

5and the woman conceives, and sends, and declares [it] to David, and says, “I [am] conceiving.”

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Cross References

Genesis 39:7And it comes to pass after these things, that his lord’s wife lifts up her eyes to Joseph and says, “Lie with me”;

Leviticus 15:19And when a woman has discharging—blood is her discharge in her flesh—she is in her separation [for] seven days, and anyone who is coming against her is unclean until the evening.

Deuteronomy 5:18You do not commit adultery.

Psalms 50:18If you have seen a thief, || Then you are pleased with him, || And your portion [is] with adulterers.

Psalms 51:2Thoroughly wash me from my iniquity, || And cleanse me from my sin,

James 1:14but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;

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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