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.
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:
**
Therefore
Sarah laughed
within
herself,
saying,
After
I am waxed old shall
I
have
pleasure,
my
lord
being
old also?
**
and
from
the
roof
he
saw
a woman washing
herself;
*
And
it came to pass,
when
he
was
come near to enter into Egypt,
that
he
said
unto Sarai his wife,
Behold
now,
I
know that
thou
art
a fair
woman
to
look upon:
*
but
Rachel
was beautiful
and
well
favoured.
**
Now
he
was
ruddy,
and
withal
of a beautiful
**
and
the
woman was
very
beautiful
to
look
upon.
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?
And
David
sent
messengers,
and
took
her;
and
she
came in
unto him, and he lay
with her;
**
And
they were both naked,
the
man
and
his
wife,
and
were
not
as-hamed.
**
for
she
which
hath opened
her
mouth
to receive thy brother's
blood
from
thy hand;
was
purified
from her
uncleanness
:
and
she
returned
unto
her house.
**
She maketh herself
coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Her husband is
known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
She maketh fine
linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Strength
and honour
are
her clothing;
and
she
shall
rejoice in time to come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
and
in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She looketh well
to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Her children arise
up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Many daughters
have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Favour is
deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she
shall
be praised.
Give her of the
fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
**
And
the
woman conceived,
and
sent and told David,
and
said,
I
am
with
child.
**
The men of Nineveh
shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they
repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
The queen
of
the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: for she came from the
uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a
greater than Solomon is here.
When the unclean
spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest, and findeth none.
*
And the Lord said
unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and
said, From going to and fro in the earth,
and from walking up and down in
it.
And the Lord said
unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in
the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth
evil?
*
Then
he saith,
I
will
return
into
my house from
whence
I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it
empty,
swept, and garnished.
I
Samuel
