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2 Samuel 11:2-15

2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,

3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home.

5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

6 So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.

7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.

8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

9 But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.

10 When David was told, “Uriah did not go home,” he asked him, “Haven’t you just come from a distance? Why didn’t you go home?”

11 Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”

12 Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

13 At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home.

14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

15 In it he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.”

Cross References for 2 Samuel 11:2-15

Proverbs 19:15 - Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry. Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:15 Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:15

Genesis 3:6 - When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and al... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:6 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:6

Genesis 6:2 - the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they... Click to read the verse Genesis 6:2 Click to read the verse Genesis 6:2

1 John 2:16 - For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting o... Click to read the verse 1 John 2:16 Click to read the verse 1 John 2:16

Job 31:1 - “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl. Click to read the verse Job 31:1 Click to read the verse Job 31:1

Joshua 7:21 - When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a ... Click to read the verse Joshua 7:21 Click to read the verse Joshua 7:21

Matthew 5:28 - But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with h... Click to read the verse Matthew 5:28 Click to read the verse Matthew 5:28

1 Peter 4:7 - The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Click to read the verse 1 Peter 4:7 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 4:7

Genesis 34:2 - When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and violated... Click to read the verse Genesis 34:2 Click to read the verse Genesis 34:2

Genesis 12:11 - As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. Click to read the verse Genesis 12:11 Click to read the verse Genesis 12:11

Genesis 39:6 - So he left in Joseph’s care everything he had; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himsel... Click to read the verse Genesis 39:6 Click to read the verse Genesis 39:6

Proverbs 31:30 - Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Click to read the verse Proverbs 31:30 Click to read the verse Proverbs 31:30

Judges 14:1 - Samson’s Marriage Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. Click to read the verse Judges 14:1 Click to read the verse Judges 14:1

Genesis 38:2 - There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and lay with her; Click to read the verse Genesis 38:2 Click to read the verse Genesis 38:2

2 Samuel 16:22 - So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he lay with his father’s concubines in the ... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 16:22 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 16:22

Psalms 119:37 - Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Click to read the verse Psalms 119:37 Click to read the verse Psalms 119:37

Romans 7:7 - Struggling With Sin What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not ... Click to read the verse Romans 7:7 Click to read the verse Romans 7:7

Proverbs 6:25 - Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes, Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:25 Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:25

Jeremiah 19:13 - The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Tophet... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 19:13 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 19:13

Deuteronomy 22:8 - When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 22:8 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 22:8

Acts 10:9 - Peter’s Vision About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the c... Click to read the verse Acts 10:9 Click to read the verse Acts 10:9

Matthew 10:27 - What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim fro... Click to read the verse Matthew 10:27 Click to read the verse Matthew 10:27

2 Samuel 13:1 - Amnon and Tamar In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautifu... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 13:1 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 13:1

Joshua 2:6 - (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid ou... Click to read the verse Joshua 2:6 Click to read the verse Joshua 2:6

Proverbs 23:31 - Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! Click to read the verse Proverbs 23:31 Click to read the verse Proverbs 23:31

Judges 16:27 - Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, an... Click to read the verse Judges 16:27 Click to read the verse Judges 16:27

1 Samuel 9:25 - After they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel talked with Saul on the roof of hi... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 9:25 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 9:25

Nehemiah 8:16 - So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves booths on their own roofs... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 8:16 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 8:16

2 Samuel 4:5 - Now Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, ... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 4:5 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 4:5

Proverbs 24:33-34 - A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— Click to read the verse Proverbs 24:33-34 Click to read the verse Proverbs 24:33-34

2 Samuel 4:7 - They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed a... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 4:7 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 4:7

Matthew 26:40-41 - Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Could you men not keep watch with m... Click to read the verse Matthew 26:40-41 Click to read the verse Matthew 26:40-41

1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 - So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7

Ezekiel 23:16 - As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:16

Luke 5:19 - When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lo... Click to read the verse Luke 5:19 Click to read the verse Luke 5:19