2-4. Late one afternoon, David got up from a nap and was walking around on the flat roof of his palace. A beautiful young woman was down below in her courtyard, bathing as her religion required. David happened to see her, and he sent one of his servants to find out who she was.The servant came back and told David, “Her name is Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and she is the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”David sent some messengers to bring her to his palace. She came to him, and he slept with her. Then she returned home.
16. Joab had been carefully watching the city of Rabbah, and he put Uriah in a place where he knew there were some of the enemy's best soldiers.
17. When the men of the city came out, they fought and killed some of David's soldiers—Uriah the Hittite was one of them.
18. Joab sent a messenger to tell David everything that was happening in the war.
19. He gave the messenger these orders:When you finish telling the king everything that has happened,
20. he may get angry and ask, “Why did you go so near the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?