2 Samuelsboken 11
Svenska Folkbibeln
David och Bat-Seba
11 Följande år, vid den tid då kungarna brukade dra ut i fält, sände David i väg Joab och med honom sina tjänare och hela Israel. De förgjorde ammoniterna och belägrade Rabba. Men David stannade kvar i Jerusalem. 2 Då hände det sig en kväll när David hade stigit upp från sin bädd och gick omkring på taket till det kungliga palatset, att han från taket fick se en kvinna som badade, och kvinnan var mycket vacker. 3 David sände bud och hörde sig för om kvinnan. "Det är Bat-Seba, dotter till Eliam och hustru till hetiten Uria", sade man. 4 David sände då några män för att hämta henne. Hon kom till honom, och han låg med henne, när hon hade renat sig från sin orenhet. Sedan återvände hon hem.
5 Men kvinnan hade blivit havande, och hon sände bud till David och lät säga: "Jag är havande". 6 Då sände David detta bud till Joab: "Sänd hetiten Uria till mig." Joab sände då Uria till David. 7 Och när Uria kom till honom, frågade David om allt var väl med Joab och med folket och hur kriget gick. 8 Därefter sade David till Uria: "Gå ner till ditt hus och tvätta dina fötter." Uria lämnade då kungens palats, och kungen sände en gåva till honom.
9 Men Uria lade sig vid ingången till kungens palats bland hans herres alla andra tjänare och gick inte ner till sitt eget hus. 10 Detta berättades för David och man sade: "Uria har inte gått ner till sitt hus." Då sade David till Uria: "Du kommer ju från en resa. Varför har du inte gått ner till ditt hus?" 11 Uria svarade David: "Arken och Israel och Juda bor i lägerhyddor, och min herre Joab och min herres tjänare har slagit läger ute på marken. Skulle jag då gå in i mitt hus för att äta och dricka och ligga med min hustru? Så sant du lever och så sant din själ lever: Det kan jag inte göra." 12 Då sade David till Uria: "Stanna här i dag också, i morgon skall jag låta dig fara." Uria stannade då i Jerusalem den dagen och dagen därpå. 13 David bjöd in honom till sig och lät honom äta och dricka så att han blev drucken. Men på kvällen gick Uria ut och lade sig på sin bädd bland sin herres tjänare. Han gick inte ner till sitt hus.
David låter döda Uria
14 Följande morgon skrev David ett brev till Joab och sände det med Uria. 15 I brevet skrev han: "Ställ Uria längst fram där striden är som häftigast. Drag er sedan tillbaka från honom, så att han blir slagen och dödad." 16 Under belägringen av staden skickade Joab Uria till den plats där han visste att de tappraste männen fanns. 17 Männen i staden gjorde ett utfall och gav sig i strid med Joab, och en del av folket, av Davids tjänare, föll, och även hetiten Uria stupade.
18 Då sände Joab bud och lät berätta för David allt vad som hade hänt under striden. 19 Han befallde budbäraren att säga: "När du har talat om för kungen allt som har hänt under striden, 20 blir kanske kungen mycket upprörd och säger till dig: Varför gick ni under striden så nära intill staden? Visste ni inte att de skulle skjuta uppifrån muren? 21 Vem var det som dödade Abimelek, Jerubbesets[a] son? Var det inte en kvinna som kastade en kvarnsten ner på honom från muren, så att han dödades där i Tebes? Varför gick ni så nära intill muren? Då skall du säga: Din tjänare Uria, hetiten, är också död."
22 Budbäraren gav sig i väg. När han kom fram berättade han för David allt vad Joab hade sänt honom att säga. 23 Budbäraren sade till David: "Männen blev oss övermäktiga. De gjorde ett utfall mot oss på fältet, men vi slog dem tillbaka ända till stadsporten. 24 Då sköt skyttarna uppifrån muren på dina tjänare, så att en del av kungens tjänare dödades. Din tjänare Uria, hetiten, är också död." 25 Då sade David till budbäraren: "Så skall du säga till Joab: Låt inte detta plåga dig, för svärdet förtär den ene såväl som den andre. Fullfölj med kraft stadens belägring och förstör den. Och inge honom mod."
26 När Urias hustru hörde att hennes man Uria var död, höll hon dödsklagan efter honom. 27 När sorgetiden var över, sände David bud och lät hämta henne till sitt hus. Hon blev hans hustru och födde honom en son. Men det som David hade gjort misshagade Herren.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuelsboken 11:21 Jerubbeset Dvs Gideon.
2 Samuel 11
New King James Version
David, Bathsheba, and Uriah
11 It happened in the spring of the year, at the (A)time when kings go out to battle, that (B)David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged (C)Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2 Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed (D)and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he (E)saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not [a]Bathsheba, the daughter of [b]Eliam, the wife (F)of Uriah the (G)Hittite?” 4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and (H)he lay with her, for she was (I)cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. 5 And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
6 Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and (J)wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him. 9 But Uriah slept at the (K)door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 So when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
11 And Uriah said to David, (L)“The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and (M)my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
12 Then David said to Uriah, “Wait here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 Now when David called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him (N)drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed (O)with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
14 In the morning it happened that David (P)wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the [c]hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may (Q)be struck down and die.” 16 So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men. 17 Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war, 19 and charged the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling the matters of the war to the king, 20 if it happens that the king’s wrath rises, and he says to you: ‘Why did you approach so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who struck (R)Abimelech the son of [d]Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall?’—then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’ ”
22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him. 23 And the messenger said to David, “Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field; then we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate. 24 The archers shot from the wall at your servants; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.”
25 Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing [e]displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”
26 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she (S)became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done (T)displeased[f] the Lord.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Bathshua, 1 Chr. 3:5
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Ammiel, 1 Chr. 3:5
- 2 Samuel 11:15 fiercest
- 2 Samuel 11:21 Jerubbaal (Gideon), Judg. 6:32ff.
- 2 Samuel 11:25 Lit. be evil in your sight
- 2 Samuel 11:27 Lit. was evil in the eyes of
2 Samuel 11
King James Version
11 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
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.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
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