1 Now it came to pass at the turn of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his officials with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.
2 One evening David rose from his bed and strolled on the roof of the royal palace. Then from the roof he saw a woman washing—a very beautiful woman.
3 So David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and he reported, “Isn’t this Bath-sheba, daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
4 Then David sent messengers and took her when she came to him, and he lay with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness). Then she returned to her house.
5 The woman conceived and sent word to David saying, “I’m pregnant.”
6 So 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 him how Joab was, how the troops fared, and how the war was going.