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And it came to pass, after the year had expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and destroyed Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2
And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.
3
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
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And 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
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I [am] with child.
6
And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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And when Uriah had come to him, David inquired [of him] how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
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And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king.
9
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.