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2 Samuel 11:5–6

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And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
¶ And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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From verse 5

  1. Deuteronomy 22:22Rank 1 from verse 5
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    22¶ If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

  2. Proverbs 6:34Rank 2 from verse 5
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    34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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  1. Proverbs 28:13Rank 1 from verse 6
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    13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

  2. 1 Samuel 15:30Rank 2 from verse 6
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    30Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

  3. Genesis 38:18–23Rank 3 from verse 6
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    18And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

    19And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

    20And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

    21Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

    22And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

    23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

  4. Genesis 4:7Rank 4 from verse 6
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    7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

  5. Isaiah 29:13Rank 5 from verse 6
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    13¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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2 Samuel 11:5

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conceived

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of conceive, meaning to become pregnant. Sense 2: To form an idea, plan, purpose, or understanding in the mind.

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told

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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).

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child

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1. A son or daughter; an offspring or descendant. 2. A young person or infant, considered by age or development. 3. In 'with child,' pregnant or carrying an unborn child. 4. One described as belonging to, derived from, characterized by, or dependent upon another person, group, or condition.

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2 Samuel 11:6

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11:2¶ 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.

11:3And 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?

11:4And 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.

11:5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

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11:6¶ And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

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11:7And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

11:8And 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.

11:9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

11:10And 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?

11:11And 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.

11:12And 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.

11:13And 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.

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