2 Samuel 11:3

David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.

4David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:39and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

1 Chronicles 11:41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

Jeremiah 5:8They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.

James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

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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