2 Samuel 11:5

5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

2 Samuel 11:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 11:5

And the woman conceived
Whereby the sin would be discovered, and shame, and disgrace, or worse, would follow upon it:

and sent and told David, and said, I [am] with child;
this message she sent to David, that he might think of some ways and means to prevent the scandal that would fall both upon him and her, and the danger she was exposed unto; fearing the outcries of the people against her, in acting so unfaithful a part to her husband, so brave a man, who was now fighting for his king and country; and the rage and jealousy of her husband when he should come to the knowledge of it, and the death which by the law she was guilty of, even to be stoned with stones, see ( John 8:5 ) .

2 Samuel 11:5 In-Context

3 David send and inquired after the woman. One said, Is not this Bat-Sheva, the daughter of Eli`am, the wife of Uriyah the Hittite?

4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

6 David sent to Yo'av, [saying], Send me Uriyah the Hittite. Yo'av sent Uriyah to David.

7 When Uriyah was come to him, David asked of him how Yo'av did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.