2 Samuel 11:4 “Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he sl…”

2 Samuel 11:4

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Dauid sent messengers, and tooke her away: and she came vnto him and he lay with her: (now she was purified from her vncleannes) and she returned vnto her house.

Darby Translation

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.

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;

Bible in Basic English

And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

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Cross references

“sent messengers”

Genesis 39:7 Job 31:9–11 Psalm 50:18

Genesis 39:7 · BSB

and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

Job 31:9–11 · BSB

If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

Psalm 50:18 · BSB

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

“he lay”

Psalm 51:1 James 1:14 James 1:15

Psalm 51:1 · BSB

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

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.

“she was, etc.”

Proverbs 30:20

Proverbs 30:20 · BSB

This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

“purified”

Leviticus 18:19 Leviticus 12:2–5 Leviticus 15:19–28 Leviticus 15:29–33

Leviticus 18:19 · BSB

You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

Leviticus 12:2–5 · BSB

“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

Leviticus 15:19–28 · BSB

When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:29–33 · BSB

On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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

In context

3So 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.”

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

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