2 One evening, David got up from his couch and was pacing back and forth on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.
3 David sent someone and inquired about the woman. The report came back: "Isn’t this Eliam’s daughter Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
4 So David sent messengers to get her. When she came to him, he had sex with her. (Now she had been purifying herself after her monthly period.) Then she returned home.
5 The woman conceived and sent word to David."I’m pregnant," she said.
6 Then David sent a message to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 When Uriah came to him, David asked about the welfare of Joab and the army and how the battle was going.
8 Then David told Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet."Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.