2 Samuel 11:2-4

²One late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful.b

³David sent to ask about her, and was told, "Isn''t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?"

⁴David sent his agents to get her. After she arrived, he went to bed with her. (This occurred during the time of "purification" following her period.) Then she returned home.

2 Samuel 11 records one of the most devastating moral failures in Scripture: David’s adultery with Bathsheba and his orchestration of her husband Uriah’s death. The chapter opens with kings going to war, but David stays behind in Jerusalem—a detail that sets the stage for everyth

References· 2 Samuel 11

a: v.1 — 1 Chronicles 20:1, 1 Kings 20:26, 1 Kings 20:22, Ecclesiastes 3:8, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Deuteronomy 3:11, Ezekiel 21:20, 2 Samuel 12:26-28, Zechariah 14:3
b: v.2 — Matthew 5:28, Psalms 119:37, 1 John 2:16, Job 31:1, Acts 10:9, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 31:30, 1 Peter 4:7, Genesis 3:6, Deuteronomy 22:8

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