*And it came to pass, †after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed athe children of Ammon, and besieged bRabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon cthe roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very dbeautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this ||Bath-sheba, the daughter of ||Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she ecame in unto him, and he lay with her; ||for she was fpurified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.