3 So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” 4 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. 5 And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
2 Samuel 11:3–5
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2 Samuel 11:26–27
26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 27 And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
1 Kings 1:27–29
27 Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?” 28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him. 29 And the king swore an oath, sa…
2 Samuel 12:23–25
23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” 24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now t…
2 Samuel 11:9–11
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 And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?” 11 Uriah answered, “The…
Testament of Judah 2:26–28
26 And she said: What wilt thou give me? And I gave her my staff, and my girdle, and the diadem of my kingdom in pledge. (T12) 27 And I went in unto her, and she conceived. (T12) 28 And not knowing what I had done, I wished to slay her; but she privily sent my pledges, and put me t… (T12)
2 Samuel 12:14–16
14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.” 15 After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. 16 David pleaded with Go…
2 Samuel 11:13–15
13 Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home. 14 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. 15 In the…
1 Kings 1:21–23
21 Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.” 22 And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived. 23 So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nat…
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