2 Samuel 11:4 - Easy To Read Version

David sent messengers to go and bring Bathsheba to him. When she came to David, he had sexual relations with her. She washed herself, and then went back to her house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And David sent messengers and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her–for she was purified from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house.

American Standard Version (1901)

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned unto her house.

Common English Bible

So David sent messengers to take her. When she came to him, he had sex with her. (Now she had been purifying herself after her monthly period.) Then she returned home.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, David sent messengers, and he took her. And when she had entered to him, he slept with her. And presently, she was purified from her uncleanness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness.

2 Samuel 11:4 Cross References

Genesis 34:2

Hamor was the king of that land. His son Shechem saw Dinah. Shechem kidnapped her and raped her.

Genesis 39:7

After some time, the wife of Joseph’s master began to like Joseph. One day she said to him, “Sleep with me.”

2 Samuel 12:12

You {slept with Bathsheba} in secret. But I will punish you so all the people of Israel can see it.’” [67]

Psalm 50:18

You see a thief,\par and you run to join him.\par You jump into bed with people\par doing the sin of adultery.\par

Proverbs 30:20

A woman who is not faithful to her husband acts like she has done nothing wrong. She eats, takes a bath, and says she has done nothing wrong.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man sleeps with a woman and has a flow of semen, then both the man and the woman must bathe in water. They will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 18:19

“Also you must not go near a woman to have sexual relations with [326] her during her monthly time of bleeding. She is unclean [327] during this time.

Deuteronomy 5:18

“You must not do the sin of adultery. [30]