2 Samuel 11:4-15

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁴ David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, ^(A)he lay with her; ^(B)and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house. ⁵ The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “^(C)I am pregnant.”

⁶ Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David. ⁷ When Uriah came to him, ^(D)David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and ^[a]the people and the state of the war. ⁸ Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and ^(E)wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and a present from the king ^[b]was sent out after him. ⁹ But Uriah slept ^(F)at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. ¹⁰ Now when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?” ¹¹ Uriah said to David, “^(G)The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in ^[c]temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and ^(H)the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.” ¹² Then David said to Uriah, “^(I)Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the ^[d]next. ¹³ Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he ^(J)made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed ^(K)with his lord’s servants, but he did not go down to his house.

¹⁴ Now in the morning David ^(L)wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. ^15 (M)He had written in the letter, saying, “^[e]Place Uriah in the front line of the ^[f]fiercest battle and withdraw from him, ^(N)so that he may be struck down and die.”