2. One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing — a very beautiful woman.
3. So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he reported, “This is Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
4. David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness. Afterward, she returned home.
5. The woman conceived and sent word to inform David: “I am pregnant.”
6. David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.
7. When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.
8. Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
9. But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
10. When it was reported to David, “Uriah didn’t go home,” David questioned Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a journey? Why didn’t you go home? ”