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2 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 11:13

David and Bathsheba · 2 Samuel 11:1–13
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Translations

Modern
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
Traditional
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
Literal
And David called to him, and he ate before his face and drank, and he made him drunk. And he went out at the evening to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord; and to his house he did not go down.
Latin
…et vocavit eum David ut comederet coram se et biberet, et inebriavit eum: qui egressus vespere, dormivit in strato suo cum servis domini sui, et in domum suam non descendit.

Original

Hebrew
English
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.

Notes

2 Samuel 11:1–27

David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah show that David was capable of serious moral failure. These actions deeply damaged David’s life and leadership.

These failures took place during a period when David was enjoying major military success against the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:26–31).

Events

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Bathsheba David Hittites Joab Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Psalms, Book of Samuel, Books of First and Second Uriah

Topics

Continence: Uriah David: King of Israel: Wickedly Causes the Death of Uriah Drunkenness: Uriah Ingratitude: David to Uriah Lasciviousness: David Uriah: One of David's Mighty Men: Summoned from Seat of War by David