4 David sent messengers to bring Bathsheba to him. When she came to him, he had physical relations with her. (Now Bathsheba had purified herself from her monthly period.) Then she went back to her house.
5 But Bathsheba became pregnant. She sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
6 So David sent this message to Joab: “Send Uriah the Hittite to me.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 Uriah came to David. And David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.
8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go home and rest.”So Uriah left the palace. The king also sent a gift to him.
9 But Uriah did not go home. He slept outside the door of the palace. He slept there as all the king’s officers did.
10 The officers told David, “Uriah did not go home.”Then David said to Uriah, “You came from a long trip. Why didn’t you go home?”