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David und Batseba

1 Und als das Jahr um war, zur Zeit, da die Könige ins Feld zu ziehen pflegen, sandte David Joab und seine Knechte mit ihm und ganz Israel, damit sie das Land der Ammoniter verheerten und Rabba belagerten. David aber blieb in Jerusalem. (1Chr 20,1) 2 Und es begab sich, dass David um den Abend aufstand von seinem Lager und sich auf dem Dach des Königshauses erging; da sah er vom Dach aus eine Frau sich waschen; und die Frau war von sehr schöner Gestalt. (5Mo 5,21; Mt 5,28) 3 Und David sandte hin und ließ nach der Frau fragen und sagte: Ist das nicht Batseba, die Tochter Eliams, die Frau Urias, des Hetiters? (2Sam 23,39) 4 Und David sandte Boten hin und ließ sie holen. Und als sie zu ihm kam, schlief er bei ihr; sie aber hatte sich gerade gereinigt von ihrer Unreinheit. Und sie kehrte in ihr Haus zurück. (2Mo 20,14; 3Mo 15,19; 3Mo 20,10; 5Mo 5,18; 5Mo 5,21; 5Mo 22,22)

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5 Und die Frau ward schwanger und sandte hin und ließ David sagen: Ich bin schwanger geworden. 6 David aber sandte zu Joab: Sende zu mir Uria, den Hetiter. Und Joab sandte Uria zu David. 7 Und als Uria zu ihm kam, fragte David, ob es mit Joab und mit dem Volk und mit dem Krieg gut stünde. 8 Und David sprach zu Uria: Geh hinab in dein Haus und wasch deine Füße. Und als Uria aus des Königs Haus hinausging, wurde ihm ein Geschenk des Königs nachgetragen. 9 Aber Uria legte sich schlafen vor der Tür des Königshauses, wo alle Knechte seines Herrn lagen, und ging nicht hinab in sein Haus. 10 Als man aber David ansagte: Uria ist nicht hinab in sein Haus gegangen, sprach David zu Uria: Bist du nicht von weit her gekommen? Warum bist du nicht hinab in dein Haus gegangen? 11 Uria aber sprach zu David: Die Lade und Israel und Juda wohnen in Zelten und Joab, mein Herr, und meines Herrn Knechte liegen auf freiem Felde, und ich sollte in mein Haus gehen, um zu essen und zu trinken und bei meiner Frau zu liegen? So wahr du lebst und deine Seele lebt: Das werde ich nicht tun! 12 David sprach zu Uria: Bleib heute hier, morgen will ich dich gehen lassen. So blieb Uria in Jerusalem an diesem Tage und auch am nächsten. 13 Und David lud ihn ein, dass er bei ihm aß und trank, und machte ihn trunken. Aber am Abend ging er hinaus, dass er sich schlafen legte auf sein Lager bei den Knechten seines Herrn, und ging nicht hinab in sein Haus. 14 Am Morgen schrieb David einen Brief an Joab und sandte ihn durch Uria. 15 Er schrieb aber in dem Brief: Stellt Uria vornehin, wo der Kampf am härtesten ist, und zieht euch hinter ihm zurück, dass er erschlagen werde und sterbe. 16 Als nun Joab die Stadt belagerte, stellte er Uria an den Ort, von dem er wusste, dass dort streitbare Männer standen. 17 Und als die Männer der Stadt einen Ausfall machten und mit Joab kämpften, fielen etliche vom Volk, von den Knechten Davids, und Uria, der Hetiter, starb auch. 18 Da sandte Joab hin und ließ David alles sagen, was sich bei dem Kampf begeben hatte, 19 und gebot dem Boten und sprach: Wenn du dem König alles bis zu Ende gesagt hast, was sich bei dem Kampf begeben hat, 20 und siehst, dass der König zornig wird und zu dir spricht: Warum seid ihr so nahe an die Stadt herangerückt im Kampf? Wisst ihr nicht, dass sie von der Mauer schießen? 21 Wer erschlug Abimelech, den Sohn Jerubbaals? Warf nicht eine Frau einen Mühlstein auf ihn von der Mauer, sodass er in Tebez starb? Warum seid ihr so nahe an die Mauer herangerückt?, – so sollst du sagen: Auch dein Knecht Uria, der Hetiter, ist tot. (Ri 9,53) 22 Der Bote ging hin und kam und sagte David alles, was Joab ihm aufgetragen hatte. 23 Und der Bote sprach zu David: Die Männer waren uns überlegen und zogen heraus aufs Feld gegen uns; wir aber drängten sie bis an den Eingang des Tores. 24 Und die Schützen schossen von der Mauer auf deine Knechte und töteten etliche von den Knechten des Königs, und auch Uria, dein Knecht, der Hetiter, ist tot. 25 David sprach zum Boten: So sollst du zu Joab sagen: »Lass dir das nicht leid sein, denn das Schwert frisst bald diesen, bald jenen. Fahre fort mit dem Kampf gegen die Stadt und zerstöre sie.« So sollst du ihm Mut zusprechen. 26 Und als Urias Frau hörte, dass ihr Mann Uria tot war, hielt sie die Totenklage um ihren Eheherrn. 27 Sobald sie aber ausgetrauert hatte, sandte David hin und ließ sie in sein Haus holen, und sie wurde seine Frau und gebar ihm einen Sohn. Aber dem HERRN missfiel die Tat, die David getan hatte.

English Standard Version

David and Bathsheba

1 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. (5Mo 3,11; 2Sam 12,26; 1Kön 20,22; 1Kön 20,26; 1Chr 20,1; 2Chr 36,10)

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2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. (1Sam 9,25) 3 And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” (2Sam 23,39; 1Chr 3,5) 4 So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house. (3Mo 15,19; 3Mo 15,28; 3Mo 18,19) 5 And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.” 6 So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going. 8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king. (1Mo 18,4) 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?” 11 Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.” (1Sam 1,26; 2Sam 7,2; 2Sam 7,6; 2Sam 20,6; 1Kön 1,33)

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12 Then David said to Uriah, “Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house. (1Mo 19,33; 1Mo 19,35; 2Sam 11,11) 14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. (1Kön 21,8) 15 In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.” (2Sam 12,9) 16 And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men. 17 And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died. 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting. 19 And he instructed the messenger, “When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king, 20 then, if the king’s anger rises, and if he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’” (Ri 9,53) 22 So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell. 23 The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate. 24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.” 25 David said to the messenger, “Thus shall you say to Joab, ‘Do not let this matter displease you, for the sword devours now one and now another. Strengthen your attack against the city and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.” 26 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband. 27 And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. (2Sam 12,9)

King James Version

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. 2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king' house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 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? 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. 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 Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 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. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king' house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king' house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 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? 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. 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. 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. 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 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. 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 . 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. 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king' 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? 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. 22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 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. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king' servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 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. 26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, 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 bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

New International Reader’s Version

David and Bathsheba

1 It was spring. It was the time when kings go off to war. So David sent Joab out with the king’s special troops and the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites. They marched to the city of Rabbah. They surrounded it and got ready to attack it. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman taking a bath. She was very beautiful. 3 David sent a messenger to find out who she was. The messenger returned and said, ‘She is Bathsheba. She’s the daughter of Eliam. She’s the wife of Uriah. He’s a Hittite.’ 4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him. And he slept with her. Then she went back home. All of that took place after she had already made herself ‘clean’ from her monthly period. 5 Later, Bathsheba found out she was pregnant. She sent a message to David. She said, ‘I’m pregnant.’ 6 So David sent a message to Joab. David said, ‘Send me Uriah, the Hittite.’ Joab sent him to David. 7 Uriah came to David. David asked him how Joab and the soldiers were doing. He also asked him how the war was going. 8 David said to Uriah, ‘Go home and enjoy some time with your wife.’ So Uriah left the palace. Then the king sent him a gift. 9 But Uriah didn’t go home. Instead, he slept at the entrance to the palace. He stayed there with all his master’s servants. 10 David was told, ‘Uriah didn’t go home.’ So he sent for Uriah. David said to him, ‘You have been away for a long time. Why didn’t you go home?’ 11 Uriah said to David, ‘The ark and the army of Israel and Judah are out there in tents. My commander Joab and your special troops are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink? How could I go there and sleep with my wife? I could never do a thing like that. And that’s just as sure as you are alive!’ 12 Then David said to him, ‘Stay here one more day. Tomorrow I’ll send you back to the battle.’ So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him. David got him drunk. But Uriah still didn’t go home. In the evening he went out and slept on his mat. He stayed there among his master’s servants. 14 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab. He sent it along with Uriah. 15 In it he wrote, ‘Put Uriah out in front. That’s where the fighting is the heaviest. Then pull your men back from him. When you do, the Ammonites will strike him down and kill him.’ 16 So Joab attacked the city. He put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest enemy fighters were. 17 The troops came out of the city. They fought against Joab. Some of the men in David’s army were killed. Uriah, the Hittite, also died. 18 Joab sent David a full report of the battle. 19 He told the messenger, ‘Tell the king everything that happened in the battle. When you are finished, 20 his anger might explode. He might ask you, “Why did you go so close to the city to fight against it? Didn’t you know that the enemy soldiers would shoot arrows down from the wall? 21 Don’t you remember how Abimelek, the son of Jerub-Besheth, was killed? A woman dropped a large millstone on him from the wall. That’s how he died in Thebez. So why did you go so close to the wall?” If the king asks you that, tell him, “And your servant Uriah, the Hittite, is also dead.” ’ 22 The messenger started out for Jerusalem. When he arrived there, he told David everything Joab had sent him to say. 23 The messenger said to David, ‘The men in the city were more powerful than we were. They came out to fight against us in the open. But we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate. 24 Then those who were armed with bows shot arrows at us from the wall. Some of your special troops were killed. Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, is also dead.’ 25 David told the messenger, ‘Tell Joab, “Don’t get upset over what happened. Swords kill one person as well as another. So keep on attacking the city. Destroy it.” Tell that to Joab. It will cheer him up.’ 26 Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead. She mourned over him. 27 When her time of sadness was over, David brought her to his house. She became his wife. And she had a son by him. But the LORD wasn’t pleased with what David had done.

New International Version

David and Bathsheba

1 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman washing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, ‘She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.’ 4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, ‘I am pregnant.’ 6 So David sent this word to Joab: ‘Send me Uriah the Hittite.’ And Joab sent him to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going. 8 Then David said to Uriah, ‘Go down to your house and wash your feet.’ So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him. 9 But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house. 10 David was told, ‘Uriah did not go home.’ So he asked Uriah, ‘Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?’ 11 Uriah said to David, ‘The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents,^[1] and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!’ 12 Then David said to him, ‘Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.’ So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home. 14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. 15 In it he wrote, ‘Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so that he will be struck down and die.’ 16 So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were. 17 When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died. 18 Joab sent David a full account of the battle. 19 He instructed the messenger: ‘When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle, 20 the king’s anger may flare up, and he may ask you, “Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall? 21 Who killed Abimelek son of Jerub-Besheth^[2]? Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?” If he asks you this, then say to him, “Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.” ’ 22 The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say. 23 The messenger said to David, ‘The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate. 24 Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’ 25 David told the messenger, ‘Say this to Joab: “Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.” Say this to encourage Joab.’ 26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 27 After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.