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It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
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Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.
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So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
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Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.
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And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, "I am with child."
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Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.
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And David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." So Uriah departed from the king's house, and a gift of food from the king followed him.
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But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
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So when they told David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"