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In the spring, when the kings normally went out to war, David sent out Joab, his servants, and all the Israelites. They destroyed the Ammonites and attacked the city of Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.
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One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roofn of his palace. While he was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. She was very beautiful.
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So David sent his servants to find out who she was. A servant answered, "That woman is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam. She is the wife of Uriah the Hittite."
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So David sent messengers to bring Bathsheba to him. When she came to him, he had sexual relations with her. (Now Bathsheba had purified herself from her monthly period.) Then she went back to her house.
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But Bathsheba became pregnant and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."
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So David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were, and how the war was going.
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Then David said to Uriah, "Go home and rest." So Uriah left the palace, and the king sent a gift to him.
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But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept outside the door of the palace as all the king's officers did.
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The officers told David, "Uriah did not go home." Then David said to Uriah, "You came from a long trip. Why didn't you go home?"