David, Bathsheba, and Uriah – King David – The Brick Bible

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David remained in Jerusalem, and late one afternoon he was walking along the roof of the palace.

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And from the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.

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David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and he was told, 'Isn't this Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

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Then David sent messengers to fetch her.

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She came to David.

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And he had sex with her. This was just after she had her period.

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Then she went home again. And the woman became pregnant.

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She sent word to David, 'I am pregnant.'

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So David wrote a letter to Joab, and in it he wrote, 'Put Uriah in the front where the fighting is fiercest, then withdraw so he will be struck down and killed.'

9 of 15 2 Samuel 11:14–15

With the city under siege, Joab put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

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And when the men of the city came out to fight, some of David's men fell dead, and Uriah the Hittite died.

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When Uriah's wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.

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When the period of mourning was over, David had her brought to the palace and she became his wife.

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And she bore him a son.

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But what David had done was evil in the eyes of Yahweh.

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