2 Samuel 11:4

And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness,—and she returned unto her own house.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

5And the woman, having conceived, 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 lord’s wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph,—and she said—Come! lie with me.

Leviticus 15:19And, when a, woman, hath a flow, and her flow in her flesh is, blood, seven days, shall she continue in her removal, and whosoever toucheth her, shall be unclean until the evening;

Deuteronomy 5:18Neither shalt thou commit adultery:

Psalms 50:18If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him,—And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;

Psalms 51:2Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And, from my sin, make me pure;

James 1:14But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out 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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