1
In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent out Yo'av, his servants who were with him and all Isra'el. They ravaged the people of 'Amon and laid siege to Rabbah. But David stayed in Yerushalayim.
2
Once, after his afternoon nap, David got up from his bed and went strolling on the roof of the king's palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing, who was very beautiful.
3
David made inquiries about the woman and was told that she was Bat-Sheva the daughter of Eli'am, the wife of Uriyah the Hitti.
4
David sent messengers to get her, and she came to him, and he went to bed with her (for she had been purified from her uncleanness). Then she returned to her house.
5
The woman conceived; and she sent a message to David, "I am pregnant."
6
David sent this order to Yo'av: "Send me Uriyah the Hitti." Yo'av sent Uriyah to David.
7
When Uriyah had come to him, David asked him how Yo'av was doing, how the people were feeling and how the war was going.