11:1  
    [kjv]  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 the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
    [bbe]  Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.
11:2
    [kjv]  And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
    [bbe]  Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
11:3  
    [kjv]  And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
    [bbe]  And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?
11:4
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.
11:5
    [kjv]  And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
    [bbe]  And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
11:6
    [kjv]  And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
    [bbe]  And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
11:7  
    [kjv]  And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
    [bbe]  And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.
11:8
    [kjv]  And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
    [bbe]  And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.
11:9  
    [kjv]  But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
    [bbe]  But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
11:10
    [kjv]  And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
    [bbe]  And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?
11:11 
    [kjv]  And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
    [bbe]  And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.
11:12  
    [kjv]  And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
    [bbe]  And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.
11:13
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
11:14  
    [kjv]  And it came to pass in the morning, that David............