2 Samuel 11:5

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

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

In Context

4And 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;

6And David sends to Joab, [saying], “Send Uriah the Hittite to me,” and Joab sends Uriah to David;

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:34For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, || And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.

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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