1Now it happened that, at the turn of the year, in the time when kings usually go forth to war, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all of Israel, and they laid waste to the sons of Ammon, and they besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.stylus1 Chronicles 20:1, 1 Chronicles 20:1, 1 Kings 20:26, 1 Kings 20:26, 1 Kings 20:222While these things were taking place, David happened to arise from his bed after midday, and he walked upon the terrace of the king’s house. And he saw, across from his terrace, a woman washing herself. And the woman was very beautiful.stylusMatthew 5:28, Matthew 5:28, Psalms 119:37, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 6:253Therefore, the king sent and inquired who the woman might be. And it was reported to him that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah, the Hittite.stylus2 Samuel 23:39, 2 Samuel 23:39, 1 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Chronicles 3:5, Jeremiah 5:84And so, David sent messengers, and he took her. And when she had entered to him, he slept with her. And presently, she was purified from her uncleanness.stylusLeviticus 18:19, Leviticus 18:19, James 1:14, James 1:15, James 1:145And she returned to her house, having conceived an unborn child. And sending, she informed David, and she said, “I have conceived.”stylusDeuteronomy 22:22, Deuteronomy 22:22, Proverbs 6:34, Proverbs 6:346Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah, the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.stylusProverbs 28:13, Proverbs 28:13, Matthew 26:70, Isaiah 29:13, Job 20:127And Uriah went to David. And David inquired whether Joab was doing well, and about the people, and how the war was being conducted.stylusGenesis 37:14, 1 Samuel 17:22, Genesis 37:14, 1 Samuel 17:22, Genesis 29:68And David said to Uriah, “Go into your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah departed from the house of the king. And a meal from the king followed after him.stylusGenesis 18:4, Genesis 18:4, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 44:21, Hebrews 4:139But Uriah slept before the gate of the king’s house, with the other servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.stylusJob 5:12, Job 5:14, Proverbs 21:30, Job 5:12, Job 5:1410And it was reported to David by some, saying, “Uriah did not go into his house.” And David said to Uriah: “Did you not arrive from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”stylus11And Uriah said to David: “The ark of God, and Israel and Judah, dwell in tents, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, stay upon the face of the earth. And should I then go into my own house, so that I may eat and drink, and sleep with my wife? By your welfare and by the welfare of your soul, I will not do this thing.”stylus2 Samuel 7:2, 2 Samuel 7:2, 2 Samuel 7:6, 2 Samuel 20:6, 2 Samuel 7:612Therefore, David said to Uriah, “Even so, remain here today, and tomorrow I will send you away.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem, on that day and the next.stylusJeremiah 2:22, Jeremiah 2:23, Jeremiah 2:37, Jeremiah 2:22, Jeremiah 2:2313And David called him, so that he might eat and drink before him, and he made him inebriated. And departing in the evening, he slept on his bedding, with the servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.stylusHabakkuk 2:15, Habakkuk 2:15, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 19:3214Therefore, when morning arrived, David wrote a letter to Joab. And he sent it by the hand of Uriah,stylus1 Kings 21:8, 1 Kings 21:10, 1 Kings 21:8, 1 Kings 21:10, Psalms 52:215writing in the letter: “Place Uriah opposite the warfare, where the battle is the strongest, and then abandon him, so that, having been wounded, he may die.”stylus2 Samuel 12:9, 2 Samuel 12:9, 1 Samuel 18:17, 1 Samuel 18:17, 2 Samuel 11:1716And so, when Joab was besieging the city, he positioned Uriah in the place where he knew the strongest men to be.stylus2 Kings 10:6, 1 Kings 2:31, 1 Kings 2:34, Hosea 5:11, 2 Samuel 3:2717And the men, departing from the city, made war against Joab. And some of the people among the servants of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.stylus2 Samuel 12:9, Psalms 51:14, 2 Samuel 12:9, Psalms 51:1418And so, Joab sent and reported to David every word about the battle.stylus19And he instructed the messenger, saying: “When you have completed all the words about the war to the king,stylus20if you see him to be angry, and if he says: ‘Why did you draw near to the wall in order to fight? Are you ignorant that many darts are thrown from above the wall?stylus21Who struck down Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal? Did not a woman throw a fragment of a millstone upon him from the wall, and so kill him at Thebez? Why did you approach beside the wall?’ then you shall say: ‘Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, also lies dead.’ ”stylusJudges 7:1, Judges 9:50, Judges 9:54, Judges 7:1, Judges 9:5022Therefore, the messenger departed. And he went and described to David all that Joab had instructed him.stylus23And the messenger said to David: “The men prevailed against us, and they went out to us in the field. Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.stylus24And the archers directed their arrows at your servants from the wall above. And some of the king’s servants died, and then also your servant Uriah the Hittite died.”stylus25And David said to the messenger: “You shall say these things to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter dishearten you. For varied are the events of war. Now this one, and now that one, is consumed by the sword. Encourage your warriors against the city and exhort them, so that you may destroy it.’ ”stylus1 Samuel 6:9, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Joshua 7:8, Joshua 7:926Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died, and she mourned for him.stylusGenesis 27:41, 2 Samuel 14:2, 2 Samuel 3:31, Genesis 27:41, 2 Samuel 14:227But when the lamentation was completed, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore a son to him. And this word, which David had done, was displeasing in the sight of the Lord.stylusPsalms 51:4, Psalms 51:5, 2 Samuel 12:9, Psalms 51:4, Psalms 51:5