2 Samuel 11:4

David sent messengers and took her; she came in to him, and he slept with her (for she had just purified herself from menstruation). Then she returned to her house.

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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

3So David sent and he asked people who would know about the woman. Someone said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, and is she not the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

5The woman conceived, and she sent and told David; she said, “I am pregnant.”

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Cross References

Genesis 39:7It came about after this that his master's wife lusted for Joseph. She said, “Sleep with me.”

Leviticus 15:19When a woman menstruates, her impurity will continue for seven days, and whoever touches her will be unclean until evening.

Deuteronomy 5:18You will not commit adultery.

Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you agree with him; 1 you participate with those who commit adultery. 1

Psalms 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity 1 and cleanse me from my sin. 1

James 1:14But each person is tempted by his own desire, which drags him away and entices him.

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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