2 Samuel 11:3 “So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is…”

2 Samuel 11:3

So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

World English Bible

David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”

American Standard Version

And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

Geneva Bible 1599

And Dauid sent and inquired what woman it was: and one sayde, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam, wife to Vriah the Hittite?

Darby Translation

and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?

Young's Literal Translation

and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, 'Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

Bible in Basic English

And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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Cross references

“sent”

Jeremiah 5:8 Hosea 7:6 Hosea 7:7 James 1:14 James 1:15

Jeremiah 5:8 · BSB

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Hosea 7:6 · BSB

For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Hosea 7:7 · BSB

All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.

James 1:14 · BSB

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

James 1:15 · BSB

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

“Bath-sheba”

1 Chronicles 3:5

1 Chronicles 3:5 · BSB

and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

“Uriah”

2 Samuel 23:39 1 Chronicles 11:41

2 Samuel 23:39 · BSB

and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.

1 Chronicles 11:41 · BSB

Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

4Then 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.

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