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And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they laid waste the [land of the] children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem.
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And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;
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and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?
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And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.
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And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
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And David sent to Joab [saying], Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David.
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And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.
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And David said to Urijah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. And Urijah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him presents from the king.
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And Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.