³ but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

³ and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba,^(A) the daughter of Eliam^(B) and the wife of Uriah^(C) the Hittite.”

⁶ If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices^(A) you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods”^(B) (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,