KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 11:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her—and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness—and she turneth back unto her house;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 11
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.
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 inquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
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.
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.
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וַיִּשְׁלַח֩H7971 · sha.lachto send: departדָּוִ֨דH1732 · da.vidDavidמַלְאָכִ֜יםH4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerוַיִּקָּחֶ֗הָH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוַתָּב֤וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלָיו֙H413 · elto(wards)וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downעִמָּ֔הּH5973 · imwithוְהִ֥יאH1931 · huhe/she/itמִתְקַדֶּ֖שֶׁתH6942 · qa.dashto consecrate: consecateמִטֻּמְאָתָ֑הּH2932 · tum.ahuncleannessוַתָּ֖שָׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בֵּיתָֽהּ׃H1004 · betplace
Cross-references
Leviticus 18:19Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.James 1:14-15But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.Psalm 51:1-19To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.Proverbs 30:20Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.Leviticus 12:2-5Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.Leviticus 15:19-33And if a woman have an issue, [and] her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.Psalm 50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.Job 31:9-11If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
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