2 Samuel 11:1-3

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11 In the spring of the following year, at the time when wars begin, David sent Joab and the Israeli army to destroy the Ammonites. They began by laying siege to the city of Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.

² One night he couldn’t get to sleep^[a] and went for a stroll on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking her evening bath. ³ He sent to find out who she was and was told that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah.