2 Samuel 11:5

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And 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.

6Then sent David unto Joab, Send unto me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah unto David.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:34For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;

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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