2 Samuel 11:1-3

Lexham English Bible

David Commits Adultery with Bathsheba

11 It came about in the spring,^[a] at the time kings^[b] go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him and all of Israel. They ravaged all of the Ammonites^[c] and besieged Rabbah, but David was remaining in Jerusalem. ² It happened late one afternoon^[d] that David got up from his bed and walked about on the roof of the king’s house, and he saw a woman bathing on her^[e] roof. Now the woman was very beautiful.^{[f] 3} David sent and inquired about the woman, and someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”