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2 Samuel 11:2-4
New International Version
2 Samuel 11:2-4
New International Version
2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof(A) of the palace. From the roof he saw(B) a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba,(C) the daughter of Eliam(D) and the wife of Uriah(E) the Hittite.” 4 Then David sent messengers to get her.(F) She came to him, and he slept(G) with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.)(H) Then she went back home.
2 Samuel 11:2-4
King James Version
2 Samuel 11:2-4
King James Version
2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
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2 Samuel 11:2-4
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 11:2-4
English Standard Version
2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on (A)the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. 3 And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this (B)Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of (C)Uriah the Hittite?” 4 So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. ((D)Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.
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