1 And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they laid waste the {land of the} children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem.
2 And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;
3 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?
4 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.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 And David sent to Joab {saying}, Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David.
7 And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Urijah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. And Urijah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him presents from the king.
9 And Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10 And they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?
11 And Urijah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into my 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.
12 And David said to Urijah, Abide here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. And Urijah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow.
13 And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by Urijah.
15 And he wrote in the letter saying, Set Urijah in the front of the thickest fight, and withdraw from him, that he may be smitten and die.
16 And it came to pass as Joab watched the city, that he assigned Urijah to a place where he knew that the valiant men were.
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 Urijah the Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war;
19 and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,
20 and if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall?
21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why did ye go near the wall? -then say thou, Thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.
22 And the messenger went; and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and came out against us into the field, and we were upon them as far as the entrance of the gate.
24 And the shooters shot from upon the wall against thy servants; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.
25 Then David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devours one as well as another: make thy battle strong against the city, and overthrow it; -and encourage him.
26 And the wife of Urijah heard that Urijah her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.
27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
1 过了年， 在列王出征的时候， 大卫派遣约押和自己的臣仆， 以及以色列众军一同出征。他们歼灭了亚扪人， 并且包围了拉巴。大卫却留在耶路撒冷。
2 有一天近黄昏的时候， 大卫从床上起来， 在王宫的平顶上散步。他从平顶上看见一个妇人在洗澡； 这妇人容貌美丽。
3 大卫派人去查问那妇人是谁。有人说： "这不是以连的女儿、赫人乌利亚的妻子拔示巴吗？"
4 于是大卫差派使者去把她接来。她来到大卫那里， 大卫就与她同房。那时她的月经刚得洁净。事后， 她就回家去了。
5 后来那妇人怀了孕， 就打发人去告诉大卫， 说： "我怀孕了！ "
6 大卫派人到约押那里， 说： "你打发赫人乌利亚到我这里来。"约押就打发乌利亚去见大卫。
7 乌利亚来到大卫那里， 大卫就问约押和士兵可好， 又问战场上的情形怎样。
8 大卫对乌利亚说： "你回家去， 洗洗脚吧！ "乌利亚就离开了王宫。随后王的一份礼物也跟着送去。
9 乌利亚却和他主人的臣仆一同睡在王宫门外， 没有回到自己家里去。
10 有人告诉大卫说： "乌利亚没有下到自己家里去。"大卫就问乌利亚： "你不是从远路回来吗？为什么不下到自己家里去呢？"
11 乌利亚回答大卫说： "约柜、以色列人和犹大人都住在棚里， 我主人约押和我主人的臣仆都在野地安营， 我怎能回家吃喝， 与妻子同睡呢？我指着王和王的生命发誓： 我绝不敢作这样的事。"
12 大卫对乌利亚说： "你今天还留在这里， 明天我才打发你去。"那一天， 乌利亚就留在耶路撒冷。
13 次日， 大卫召了乌利亚来， 叫乌利亚与他一起吃喝， 使他喝醉。到了晚上， 乌利亚出去， 与他主人的臣仆一同睡在自己的床铺上， 还是没有下到自己家里去。
14 到了早晨， 大卫写了一封给约押的信， 交乌利亚亲手带去。
15 他在信里写着说： "要把乌利亚派到战斗最猛烈的前线去， 然后你们就退到他后边， 让他被击杀。"
16 那时， 约押正在围城， 他知道哪里有强悍的守军， 就派乌利亚到那里去。
17 城里的人出来， 与约押交战。大卫的仆人中有一些倒毙了， 赫人乌利亚也死了。
18 于是， 约押派人去把战事的一切情形都报告大卫。
19 他又吩咐那使者说： "你把战事的一切情形对王说完了以后，
20 王若是大怒， 责问你： ‘你们为什么那样靠近那城争战呢？你们不知道敌人会从城墙上射箭下来吗？
21 从前击杀了耶路．比设的儿子亚比米勒的是谁呢？不是一个妇人从城墙上把一块磨石丢在他身上， 他就死在提备斯吗？你们为什么靠近城墙呢？’你就回答： ‘王的仆人赫人乌利亚也死了。’"
22 于是那使者去了； 他一来到， 就把约押差遣他所要说的一切都报告了大卫。
23 那使者又对大卫说： "那些人比我们强， 他们出到旷野攻打我们， 我们把他们赶回城门口。
24 那时射手从城墙上射王的仆人； 王的仆人中有些阵亡了， 你的仆人赫人乌利亚也死了。"
25 大卫对那使者说： "你要对约押这样说： ‘不要为这件事难过， 因为刀剑有时吞灭这人， 有时吞灭那人。你只要加紧攻打这城， 把城毁灭。’你要这样鼓励他。"
26 乌利亚的妻子听到丈夫乌利亚死了， 就为他哀哭。
27 守丧期一过， 大卫就派人去把拔示巴接到宫里， 她就作了大卫的妻子， 给大卫生了一个儿子。大卫所作的这事， 耶和华看为恶。