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2 Samuelsboken 11
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
2 Samuelsboken 11
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
David och Bat-Seba
11 (A) Nästa år, vid tiden då kungar drar ut i fält[a], sände David i väg Joab och med honom sina tjänare och hela Israel. De förgjorde ammoniterna och belägrade Rabba[b]. Men David stannade kvar i Jerusalem.
2 Då hände det en kväll, när David hade stigit upp från sin bädd och gick omkring på taket[c] till det kungliga palatset, att han från taket fick se en kvinna som badade[d]. Kvinnan var mycket vacker. 3 David sände bud och hörde sig för om kvinnan. ”Det är Bat-Seba,[e] dotter till Eliam och hustru till hetiten Uria”,[f] sade man. 4 (B) 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 skickade bud till David och lät säga: ”Jag är havande”. 6 Då sände David bud till Joab: ”Skicka hetiten Uria till mig.” Joab skickade då Uria till David. 7 När Uria kom till honom, frågade David om det 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 Man berättade det för David och sade: ”Uria har inte gått ner till sitt hus.” Då sade David till Uria: ”Du kommer ju från en resa. Varför gick du inte ner till ditt hus?” 11 (C) 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[g]? 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 ska jag sända ut dig.” Uria stannade då i Jerusalem den dagen och dagen därpå. 13 David bjöd in honom till sig och lät honom äta och dricka hos honom så att han blev berusad. 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 Nästa 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 hårdast. Dra er sedan tillbaka från honom så att han blir slagen och dödad.” 16 Under belägringen av staden skickade Joab Uria till platsen där han visste att de tappraste männen var. 17 Stadens män gjorde ett utfall och gick i strid med Joab, och en del av folket, av Davids tjänare, föll. Även hetiten Uria stupade.
18 Då sände Joab bud och lät berätta för David allt som hade hänt under striden. 19 Han befallde budbäraren att säga: ”När du har talat om för kungen allt som hänt under striden, 20 blir kungen kanske upprörd och säger till dig: Varför gick ni så nära staden under striden? Visste ni inte att de skulle skjuta uppifrån muren? 21 (D) Vem var det som dödade Abimelek, Jerubbeshets[h] son? Var det inte en kvinna som kastade ner en kvarnsten på honom från muren så att han dödades där i Tebes? Varför gick ni så nära muren? Då ska du säga: Din tjänare hetiten Uria är också död.”
22 Budbäraren gav sig i väg. När han kom fram berättade han för David allt som Joab hade sänt honom att säga. 23 Budbäraren sade till David: ”Männen överväldigade oss. De gjorde ett utfall mot oss på fältet, men vi slog tillbaka dem till stadsporten. 24 Då sköt skyttarna uppifrån muren på dina tjänare så att en del av kungens tjänare dog. Din tjänare hetiten Uria är också död.” 25 Då sade David till budbäraren: ”Så ska du säga till Joab: Låt det inte plåga dig, för svärdet slukar både den ene och den andre. Fullfölj med kraft belägringen av staden och förstör den. Och uppmuntra honom.”
26 När Urias hustru hörde att hennes man Uria var död, höll hon dödsklagan efter honom. 27 När sorgetiden[i] 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 var ont i Herrens ögon.
Footnotes
- 11:1 tiden då kungar drar ut i fält Ungefär mars till maj, efter vinterregnen men före skörden.
- 11:1 Rabba Nuvarande Amman, ca 6 mil öster om Jerusalem.
- 11:2 på taket Det platta taket var en behaglig uteplats (jfr 1 Sam 9:25, Apg 10:9). Palatset låg högst på sluttningen, med utsikt över de flesta husen i staden.
- 11:2 badade Kanske för rening sju dagar efter menstruation (11:4, 3 Mos 15:19f). Detta är en fertil tid i månaden (vers 5).
- 11:3 Bat-Seba Betyder ”edsdotter”. Hennes far Eliam var en av Davids trettio hjältar, tillsammans med hetiten Uria (23:34, 39), och troligen son till Davids rådgivare Ahitofel (15:12).
- 11:3 hetiten Uria Betyder ”Herren är mitt ljus”. Hetiterna var ett krigarfolk från nuvarande Turkiet. Många hetiter hade bott i Kanaans land sedan Abrahams tid (1 Mos 23, se även 1 Sam 26:6).
- 11:11 ligga med min hustru Avhållsamhet var sed för den som var ute i ett heligt ärende (2 Mos 19:14-15, 1 Sam 21:4-5, 1 Kor 7:5).
- 11:21 Jerubbeshet Dvs Gideon (Dom 6:32). Avgudanamnet Baal i Gideons tillnamn Jerub-Baal ersattes med hebr. bóshet, ”skam”. Se Dom 9:53 för kvarnstenen.
- 11:27 sorgetiden Normalt sju dagar (1 Mos 50:10), ibland trettio (4 Mos 20:29).
2 Samuel 11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
David’s Adultery with Bathsheba
11 In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.(A)
2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. 3 So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he reported, “This is Bathsheba,(B) daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah(C) the Hittite.”[a]
4 David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness.(D) Afterward, she returned home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to inform David: “I am pregnant.”
6 David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going. 8 Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
10 When it was reported to David, “Uriah didn’t go home,” David questioned Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a journey? Why didn’t you go home?”
11 Uriah answered David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers[b] are camping in the open field. How can I enter my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live and by your life, I will not do this!”(E)
12 “Stay here today also,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and David got him drunk. He went out in the evening to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
Uriah’s Death Arranged
14 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. 15 In the letter he wrote:
Put Uriah(F) at the front of the fiercest fighting, then withdraw from him so that he is struck down and dies.
16 When Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. 17 Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David’s soldiers fell in battle; Uriah the Hittite also died.
18 Joab sent someone to report to David all the details of the battle. 19 He commanded the messenger, “When you’ve finished telling the king all the details of the battle— 20 if the king’s anger gets stirred up and he asks you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the top of the wall? 21 At Thebez, who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth?[c][d] Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the top of the wall so that he died?(G) Why did you get so close to the wall?’—then say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’” 22 Then the messenger left.
When he arrived, he reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell. 23 The messenger reported to David, “The men gained the advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we counterattacked right up to the entrance of the gate. 24 However, the archers shot down on your soldiers from the top of the wall, and some of the king’s soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
25 David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him.”
26 When Uriah’s(H) wife heard that her husband Uriah had died, she mourned for him.[e] 27 When the time of mourning ended, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. However, the Lord considered what David had done to be evil.(I)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 11:3 DSS add Joab’s armor-bearer
- 2 Samuel 11:11 Lit servants
- 2 Samuel 11:21 LXX reads Jerubbaal
- 2 Samuel 11:21 = Gideon
- 2 Samuel 11:26 Lit her husband
2 Samuel 11
New International Version
2 Samuel 11
New International Version
David and Bathsheba
11 In the spring,(A) at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab(B) out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army.(C) They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.(D) But David remained in Jerusalem.
2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof(E) of the palace. From the roof he saw(F) a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba,(G) the daughter of Eliam(H) and the wife of Uriah(I) the Hittite.” 4 Then David sent messengers to get her.(J) She came to him, and he slept(K) with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.)(L) Then she went back home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
6 So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah(M) the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going. 8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.”(N) So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him. 9 But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.
10 David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” So he asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?”
11 Uriah said to David, “The ark(O) and Israel and Judah are staying in tents,[a] and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love(P) to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”
12 Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home.
14 In the morning David wrote a letter(Q) to Joab and sent it with Uriah. 15 In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down(R) and die.(S)”
16 So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were. 17 When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.
18 Joab sent David a full account of the battle. 19 He instructed the messenger: “When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle, 20 the king’s anger may flare up, and he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall? 21 Who killed Abimelek(T) son of Jerub-Besheth[b]? Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the wall,(U) so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then say to him, ‘Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’”
22 The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say. 23 The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate. 24 Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”
25 David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage Joab.”
26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 27 After the time of mourning(V) was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased(W) the Lord.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 11:11 Or staying at Sukkoth
- 2 Samuel 11:21 Also known as Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon)
2 Samuel 11
King James Version
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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