Chapter 11
David Commits Adultery with Bathsheba
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{It came about in the spring},[note: Literally "And it happened at the turn of the year"] at the time {kings}[note: According to the reading tradition (Qere); Kethib has "angels" or "messengers"] go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him and all of Israel. They ravaged all of the {Ammonites}[note: Literally "sons/children of Ammon"] and besieged Rabbah, but David [was] remaining in Jerusalem.
It happened {late one afternoon}[note: Literally "at the time of the evening"] [that] David got up from his bed and walked about on the roof of the king's house, and he saw a woman bathing on her[note: Hebrew "the"] roof. Now the woman {was very beautiful}.[note: Literally "very good of appearance"]