1	And it came to pass, after the year was 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 besieged# Rabbah. But David tarried still# at Jerusalem. [after...: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring]
			2	And it came to pass in an eveningtide# , 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 enquired# after the woman. And one said# , Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? [Bathsheba: or, Bathshuah] [Eliam: or Ammiel]
			4	And David sent# messengers, and took# her; and she came in# unto him, and he lay# with her; for she was purified# from her uncleanness: and she returned# unto her house. [for she...: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned]
			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.
			7	And when Uriah was come# unto him, David demanded# of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. [how Joab...: Heb. of the peace of, etc]
			8	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. [followed...: Heb. went out after him]
			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.
			10	And when they had told# David, saying# , Uriah went not down# unto his house, David said# unto Uriah, Camest# thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down# unto thine house?
			11	And Uriah said# unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide# in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped# in the open fields; shall I then go# into mine house, to eat# and to drink# , and to lie# with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do# this thing.
			12	And David said# to Uriah, Tarry# here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart# . So Uriah abode# in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
			13	And when David had called# him, he did eat# and drink# before him; and he made him drunk# : and at even he went out# to lie# on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down# to his house.
			14	And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote# a letter to Joab, and sent# it by the hand of Uriah.
			15	And he wrote# in the letter, saying# , Set# ye Uriah in the forefront# of the hottest battle, and retire# ye from him, that he may be smitten# , and die# . [hottest: Heb. strong] [from him: Heb. from after him]
			16	And it came to pass, when Joab observed# the city, that he assigned# Uriah unto a place where he knew# that valiant men were .
			17	And the men of the city went out# , and fought# with Joab: and there fell# some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died# also.
			18	Then Joab sent# and told# David all the things concerning the war;
			19	And charged# the messenger, saying# , When thou hast made an end# of telling# the matters of the war unto the king,
			20	And if so be that the king's wrath arise# , and he say# unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh# unto the city when ye did fight# ? knew# ye not that they would shoot# from the wall?
			21	Who smote# Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast# a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died# in Thebez? why went ye nigh# the wall? then say# thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead# also. [Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal]
			22	So the messenger went# , and came# and shewed# David all that Joab had sent# him for.
			23	And the messenger said# unto David, Surely the men prevailed# against us, and came out# unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
			24	And the shooters# shot# from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead# , and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead# also.
			25	Then David said# unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say# unto Joab, Let not this thing displease# # thee, for the sword devoureth# one as well as another: make thy battle more strong# against the city, and overthrow# it: and encourage# thou him. [displease...: Heb. be evil in thine eyes] [one...: Heb. so and such]
			26	And when the wife of Uriah heard# that Uriah her husband was dead# , she mourned# for her husband.
			27	And when the mourning was past# , David sent# and fetched# her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare# him a son. But the thing that David had done# displeased# # the LORD. [displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of]