10:010:019 And when all the kings that were servants
to Hadarezer saw
that
they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with
Israel,
and served them. So the Syrians feared to help
the
children
of Ammon any more.
10:011:001 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.
10:011:002 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.
10:011:003 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?
10:011:004 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.
10:011:005 And the woman conceived, and sent and told
David, and said, I
am
with child.
10:011:006 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me
Uriah the Hittite. And
Joab
sent Uriah to David.
10:011:007 And when Uriah was come unto him, David
demanded of him how
Joab
did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
10:011:008 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.
10:011:009 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.
10:011:010 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?
10:011:011 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.
10:011:012 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.
10:011:013 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.


