1 At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. 2 At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at. 3 David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, "Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?"

4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house. 5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I am with child."

6 David sent to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered. 8 David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house. 10 When they had told David, saying, "Uriah didn’t go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?"

11 Uriah said to David, "The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!"

12 David said to Uriah, "Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day. 13 When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house. 14 In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 He wrote in the letter, saying, "Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck and die."

16 When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also. 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19 and he commanded the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king, 20 it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’"

22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 The messenger said to David, "The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field; and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate. 24 The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead."

25 Then David said to the messenger, "Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him."

26 When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.

1 过了年， 在列王出征的时候， 大卫派遣约押和自己的臣仆， 以及以色列众军一同出征。他们歼灭了亚扪人， 并且包围了拉巴。大卫却留在耶路撒冷。

2 有一天近黄昏的时候， 大卫从床上起来， 在王宫的平顶上散步。他从平顶上看见一个妇人在洗澡； 这妇人容貌美丽。

3 大卫派人去查问那妇人是谁。有人说： "这不是以连的女儿、赫人乌利亚的妻子拔示巴吗？"

4 于是大卫差派使者去把她接来。她来到大卫那里， 大卫就与她同房。那时她的月经刚得洁净。事后， 她就回家去了。

5 后来那妇人怀了孕， 就打发人去告诉大卫， 说： "我怀孕了！ "

6 大卫派人到约押那里， 说： "你打发赫人乌利亚到我这里来。"约押就打发乌利亚去见大卫。

7 乌利亚来到大卫那里， 大卫就问约押和士兵可好， 又问战场上的情形怎样。

8 大卫对乌利亚说： "你回家去， 洗洗脚吧！ "乌利亚就离开了王宫。随后王的一份礼物也跟着送去。

9 乌利亚却和他主人的臣仆一同睡在王宫门外， 没有回到自己家里去。

10 有人告诉大卫说： "乌利亚没有下到自己家里去。"大卫就问乌利亚： "你不是从远路回来吗？为什么不下到自己家里去呢？"

11 乌利亚回答大卫说： "约柜、以色列人和犹大人都住在棚里， 我主人约押和我主人的臣仆都在野地安营， 我怎能回家吃喝， 与妻子同睡呢？我指着王和王的生命发誓： 我绝不敢作这样的事。"

12 大卫对乌利亚说： "你今天还留在这里， 明天我才打发你去。"那一天， 乌利亚就留在耶路撒冷。

13 次日， 大卫召了乌利亚来， 叫乌利亚与他一起吃喝， 使他喝醉。到了晚上， 乌利亚出去， 与他主人的臣仆一同睡在自己的床铺上， 还是没有下到自己家里去。

14 到了早晨， 大卫写了一封给约押的信， 交乌利亚亲手带去。

15 他在信里写着说： "要把乌利亚派到战斗最猛烈的前线去， 然后你们就退到他后边， 让他被击杀。"

16 那时， 约押正在围城， 他知道哪里有强悍的守军， 就派乌利亚到那里去。

17 城里的人出来， 与约押交战。大卫的仆人中有一些倒毙了， 赫人乌利亚也死了。

18 于是， 约押派人去把战事的一切情形都报告大卫。

19 他又吩咐那使者说： "你把战事的一切情形对王说完了以后，

20 王若是大怒， 责问你： ‘你们为什么那样靠近那城争战呢？你们不知道敌人会从城墙上射箭下来吗？

21 从前击杀了耶路．比设的儿子亚比米勒的是谁呢？不是一个妇人从城墙上把一块磨石丢在他身上， 他就死在提备斯吗？你们为什么靠近城墙呢？’你就回答： ‘王的仆人赫人乌利亚也死了。’"

22 于是那使者去了； 他一来到， 就把约押差遣他所要说的一切都报告了大卫。

23 那使者又对大卫说： "那些人比我们强， 他们出到旷野攻打我们， 我们把他们赶回城门口。

24 那时射手从城墙上射王的仆人； 王的仆人中有些阵亡了， 你的仆人赫人乌利亚也死了。"

25 大卫对那使者说： "你要对约押这样说： ‘不要为这件事难过， 因为刀剑有时吞灭这人， 有时吞灭那人。你只要加紧攻打这城， 把城毁灭。’你要这样鼓励他。"

26 乌利亚的妻子听到丈夫乌利亚死了， 就为他哀哭。

27 守丧期一过， 大卫就派人去把拔示巴接到宫里， 她就作了大卫的妻子， 给大卫生了一个儿子。大卫所作的这事， 耶和华看为恶。