2 Samuel 11
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And 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.
2And 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.
3And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4And 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.
5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8And 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.
9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10And 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?
11And 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.
12And 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.
13And 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.
14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15And 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.
16And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17And 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.
18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20And 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?
21Who 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.
22So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
23And 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.
24And 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.
25Then 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.
26And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
27And 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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵלʼêlH41328× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- דָּוִדDâvidH173223× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- אוּרִיָּהʼÛwrîyâhH22320× in this chapter
Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
- אֵתʼêthH85316× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אָמַרʼâmarH55914× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עַלʻalH592112× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- שָׁלַחshâlachH797112× in this chapter
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- בַּיִתbayithH100411× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יוֹאָבYôwʼâbH309711× in this chapter
Joab, the name of three Israelites
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56509× in this chapter
a servant
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8029× in this chapter
a woman
- לֹאlôʼH38088× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- הָיָהhâyâhH19617× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- מוּתmûwthH41917× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44287× in this chapter
a king
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33186× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâkH43976× in this chapter
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- דָּבָרdâbârH16975× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- חִתִּיChittîyH28505× in this chapter
a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth
- יָרַדyâradH33815× in this chapter
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâhH44215× in this chapter
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9355× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnH1134× in this chapter
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- גַּםgamH15714× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- זֶהzehH20884× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- חוֹמָהchôwmâhH23464× in this chapter
a wall of protection
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34274× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- נָגַדnâgadH50464× in this chapter
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
- עִירʻîyrH58924× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- עִםʻimH59734× in this chapter
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- שָׁכַבshâkabH79014× in this chapter
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8344× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- יָרָהyârâhH33843× in this chapter
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
- אָכַלʼâkalH3983× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshH5823× in this chapter
a man in general (singly or collectively)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- שָׁלוֹםshâlôwmH79653× in this chapter
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace