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So David sent some messengers, took her from her home,[a] and she went to him, and he had sex with her. (She had been consecrating herself following her menstrual separation.)[b] Then she returned to her home.

The woman conceived, and she sent this message[c] to David: “I’m pregnant.”

So David summoned Joab, and told him,[d] “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 11:4 The Heb. lacks from her home
  2. 2 Samuel 11:4 I.e. a week-long period of ritual exemption from participation in Israel’s social and worship community; cf. Lev 15:19, 28; 18:19
  3. 2 Samuel 11:5 The Heb. lacks this message
  4. 2 Samuel 11:6 The Heb. lacks and told him