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II Samuel Chapter 11

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II Samuel

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In this chapter David is revealed to have committed adultery with Bathsheba and ordered the death of her husband Uriah, though he claims he did not. The chapter ends with David's guilt and the consequences of his actions.

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(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.
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I Kings 20:22I Kings 20:26II Chronicles 36:10Ecclesiastes 3:8I Chronicles 20:1Zechariah 14:3II Samuel 12:26Deuteronomy 3:11Ezekiel 21:20

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I Chronicles 20:1II Samuel 10:14II Samuel 12:26I Kings 2:28

(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.
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II Samuel 4:5II Samuel 4:7Proverbs 19:15Proverbs 24:33Proverbs 24:34Matthew 26:40Matthew 26:41I Thessalonians 5:6I Thessalonians 5:7I Peter 4:7Deuteronomy 22:8Jeremiah 19:13

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Esther 8:8Joshua 2:6Ezekiel 40:13Esther 3:3Esther 3:12Mark 2:4

(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?
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Jeremiah 5:8Hosea 7:6Hosea 7:7James 1:14James 1:15I Chronicles 3:5II Samuel 23:39I Chronicles 11:41

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Genesis 26:34Genesis 36:2Luke 12:53Leviticus 18:17II Samuel 11:6

(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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Genesis 39:7Job 31:9Job 31:10Job 31:11Psalms 50:18Psalms 51:1James 1:14James 1:15Proverbs 30:20Leviticus 12:2Leviticus 12:3Leviticus 12:4

(5) And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
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Deuteronomy 22:22Proverbs 6:34

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II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11II Kings 4:34

(6) And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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Genesis 4:7Genesis 38:18Genesis 38:19Genesis 38:20Genesis 38:21Genesis 38:22Genesis 38:23I Samuel 15:30Job 20:12Job 20:13Job 20:14Proverbs 28:13

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I Kings 2:28II Samuel 11:17II Samuel 2:14II Samuel 3:23II Samuel 3:29II Samuel 11:7

(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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Genesis 29:6Genesis 37:14I Samuel 17:22

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II Samuel 11:6I Kings 2:5I Kings 2:28

(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.
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Psalms 44:21Isaiah 29:15Luke 12:2Hebrews 4:13Genesis 18:4Genesis 19:2Psalms 12:2Psalms 55:21Genesis 43:34

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II Kings 16:15Esther 8:8Luke 7:38II Samuel 11:6II Samuel 11:10II Samuel 11:12

(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.
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Job 5:12Job 5:13Job 5:14Proverbs 21:30

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Esther 8:8Esther 2:21Ezekiel 41:3II Samuel 11:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12

(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?
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II Samuel 11:6II Samuel 11:8II Samuel 11:12II Samuel 11:26I Samuel 1:8II Samuel 11:21

(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.
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II Samuel 7:2II Samuel 7:6I Samuel 4:4I Samuel 14:18II Samuel 20:6Matthew 10:24Matthew 10:25John 13:14I Corinthians 9:25I Corinthians 9:26I Corinthians 9:27II Timothy 2:3

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II Samuel 11:6Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:10II Samuel 14:19John 15:4

(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.
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Jeremiah 2:22Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 2:37

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Judges 19:9Matthew 6:34II Samuel 11:6II Samuel 11:8II Samuel 11:10II Samuel 11:26

(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.
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Genesis 19:32Genesis 19:33Genesis 19:34Genesis 19:35Exodus 32:21Habakkuk 2:15

(14) And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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I Kings 21:8I Kings 21:9I Kings 21:10Psalms 19:13Psalms 52:2Psalms 62:9Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:2Jeremiah 9:3Jeremiah 9:4Jeremiah 17:9Micah 7:3

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II Samuel 11:6II Samuel 11:15I Kings 2:28

(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.
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II Samuel 11:17I Samuel 18:17I Samuel 18:21I Samuel 18:25Psalms 51:4Psalms 51:14Jeremiah 20:13II Samuel 12:9

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Luke 20:28Romans 14:8Judges 20:39II Samuel 11:14

(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.
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II Samuel 11:21II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 20:9II Samuel 20:10I Samuel 22:17I Samuel 22:18I Samuel 22:19I Kings 2:5I Kings 2:31I Kings 2:32I Kings 2:33I Kings 2:34

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II Samuel 11:6I Kings 2:28

(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.
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II Samuel 12:9Psalms 51:14

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II Samuel 11:6II Samuel 2:23Matthew 13:8Mark 4:8Ephesians 4:11Judges 5:27

(18) Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19I Kings 2:5I Kings 2:28

(19) And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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Daniel 9:26

(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?
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Esther 8:8Esther 1:18Esther 3:3Esther 3:12Ezekiel 13:15II Samuel 11:21

(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.
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Judges 9:53Judges 6:32Judges 7:1II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 3:34Psalms 39:8Isaiah 14:10Ezekiel 16:51Ezekiel 16:52

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II Chronicles 26:6Numbers 22:25I Samuel 19:10II Samuel 11:24Numbers 22:24Joshua 2:15

(22) So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
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I Kings 2:28

(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.
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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25

(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.
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Esther 8:8Ephesians 4:11II Samuel 11:21II Samuel 11:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12

(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.
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Joshua 7:8Joshua 7:9I Samuel 6:9Ecclesiastes 9:1Ecclesiastes 9:2Ecclesiastes 9:3Ecclesiastes 9:11Ecclesiastes 9:12II Samuel 12:26

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II Kings 4:26I Chronicles 20:1Joel 2:5Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4I Kings 2:28

(26) And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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II Samuel 3:31II Samuel 14:2Genesis 27:41

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Romans 7:2Numbers 5:20Numbers 30:12Numbers 30:13Deuteronomy 24:3Ruth 1:12

(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.
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II Samuel 3:2II Samuel 3:3II Samuel 3:4II Samuel 3:5II Samuel 5:13II Samuel 5:14II Samuel 5:15II Samuel 5:16II Samuel 12:9Deuteronomy 22:29Genesis 38:10I Chronicles 21:7

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