2 Samuel 11 ~ 12

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11:1And at the turn of the year, at the time when kings go forth to battle, David sent out Joab and his servants with him and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. Compare
11:2And late one afternoon David rose from his bed and went for a walk on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at. Compare
11:3And David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, This is none other than Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite. Compare
11:4And David sent messengers and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) And she returned to her house. Compare
11:5And the woman conceived; and she sent word and told David and said, I am pregnant. Compare
11:6Then David sent word to Joab: Send me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah to David. Compare
11:7And Uriah came to him, and David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the battle was going. Compare
11:8And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. And Uriah went forth from the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king. Compare
11:9But Uriah lay down at the entrance to the king's house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house. Compare
11:10And they told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house. Then David said to Uriah, Have you not just come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house? Compare
11:11And Uriah said to David, The Ark and Israel and Judah dwell in huts, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live and your soul lives, I shall by no means do this thing! Compare
11:12And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the following. Compare
11:13Then David invited him to eat and drink in his presence, and he made him drunk. Then in the evening he went forth to lie down on his bed with the servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his house. Compare
11:14Then in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. Compare
11:15And he wrote in the letter, saying, Put Uriah in the forefront of the hardest battle, and withdraw from him that he may be struck down and die. Compare
11:16So when Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the valiant men were. Compare
11:17And the men of the city went forth and fought with Joab; and some of the people, some of the servants of David, fell. And Uriah the Hittite died also. Compare
11:18And Joab sent a messenger to tell David all the things concerning the battle; Compare
11:19And he commanded the messenger, saying, When you have finished telling the king all the things concerning the battle, Compare
11:20If the king's anger rises up and he says to you, Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? Compare
11:21Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone upon him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall? Then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead. Compare
11:22So the messenger went, and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for. Compare
11:23And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate. Compare
11:24Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants died. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead. Compare
11:25Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Do not let this matter displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your fighting against the city and overthrow it. And encourage him. Compare
11:26And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband. Compare
11:27And when the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his house; and she became his wife and bore a son to him. But the thing that David did displeased Jehovah. Compare
12:1Then Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he went to him and said to him, Two men lived in a city, one rich and the other poor. Compare
12:2The rich man had very many flocks and herds, Compare
12:3But the poor man had nothing but one small ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he nourished it, and it grew up together with him and his children; it ate of the morsels of his food and drank out of his own cup and lay on his bosom; indeed it was like a daughter to him. Compare
12:4And there came a traveler to the rich man. But the rich man refused to take something from his own flock and herd to dress for the wayfarer who had come to him; but he took the poor man's ewe lamb and dressed it for the man who had come to him. Compare
12:5And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. And he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, the man who has done this is worthy of death; Compare
12:6And he shall restore the ewe lamb fourfold because he has done this thing and because he had no pity. Compare
12:7Then Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul; Compare
12:8And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your bosom, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if this were too little, I would have added to you such and such things. Compare
12:9Why have you despised the word of Jehovah by doing what is evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife as your wife and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Compare
12:10Now therefore the sword will not depart from your house forever because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. Compare
12:11Thus says Jehovah, I will now raise up trouble against you from within your house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and will give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. Compare
12:12For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and even before the sun. Compare
12:13And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said to David, Jehovah has also put away your sin; you will not die. Compare
12:14Nevertheless, because you have given the enemies of Jehovah much occasion to blaspheme Him because of this thing, the son who is born to you shall also surely die. Compare
12:15Then Nathan went to his house. And Jehovah struck the child whom Uriah's wife bore to David, and he was very sick. Compare
12:16And David besought God for the child; and David fasted and went in and spent all night lying on the ground. Compare
12:17And the elders of his house stood over him to raise him from the ground; but he did not want to, nor would he eat food with them. Compare
12:18And on the seventh day the child died. And David's servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, While the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to our voice; how then can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself some harm. Compare
12:19And David saw that his servants were whispering, and David perceived that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. Compare
12:20Then David rose up from the ground and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went to the house of Jehovah and worshipped. Then he went to his house; and when he requested it, they set food before him, and he ate. Compare
12:21And his servants said to him, What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but as soon as the child died, you rose up and ate bread. Compare
12:22And he said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, Who knows? Jehovah may be gracious to me, and the child may live. Compare
12:23But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not come back to me. Compare
12:24And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife and went in unto her and lay with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him; Compare
12:25And He sent word through Nathan the prophet and called his name Jedidiah for Jehovah's sake. Compare
12:26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon and took the royal city. Compare
12:27And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah; indeed I have taken the city of water. Compare
12:28Now therefore gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and take it; otherwise I myself will take the city, and it will be called by my name. Compare
12:29So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it. Compare
12:30And he took the crown of their king from off his head. And the weight of it was a talent of gold, and it had precious stones; and it was put upon David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, a very great amount. Compare
12:31And he brought out the people who were in it and set them under saws and iron cutting tools and iron axes and made them pass through the brick kilns; and thus did he do to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. Compare

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