1 It was spring. Kings went to war. David sent Joab and the army to fight the Ammonites at Rabbah. David stayed in Jerusalem. ⚔️️ 2 One night, David got up and walked on the roof. He saw a woman taking a bath. She was very pretty. 3 David asked, “Who is she?” A helper said, “She is Bathsheba, Eliam’s girl. She is Uriah’s wife.” ️❓ 4 David sent men to get her. She came. David did a wrong thing with her. Then she went home. ♀️➡️❌ 5 The woman got a baby in her tummy. She sent a note to David, “I have a baby.” 6 David sent a note to Joab, “Send Uriah to me.” Joab sent Uriah. ✉️➡️✈️ 7 Uriah came. David asked, “How is Joab? How are the men? How is the war?” ️ 8 David said to Uriah, “Go home. Rest. Wash your feet.” David sent a gift after him. 9 But Uriah slept by the door of the king’s house with the king’s men. He did not go home. 10 People told David, “Uriah did not go home.” David asked Uriah, “You came from far. Why not go home?” ❓ 11 Uriah said, “The army sleeps in tents. My captain Joab and the men are out there. I will not eat, drink, and be with my wife now.” ⛺ 12 David said, “Stay here today. I will send you back tomorrow.” Uriah stayed that day and the next day. ⏳ 13 David asked Uriah to eat and drink. Uriah drank too much. At night he slept with the king’s men, not at his home. 14 In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab. He sent it with Uriah. ✍️✉️➡️ 15 The letter said, “Put Uriah in the front where the fight is hard. Then move back so he gets hurt.” ⚔️ 16 Joab watched the city. He put Uriah in a hard place. ⚠️ 17 The city men came out to fight. Some of David’s men died. Uriah died too. ⚔️ 18 Joab sent news to David about the fight. 19 Joab told the man with news what to say to the king. ️ 20 He said, “If the king gets mad and says, ‘Why did you go so close to the wall?’” ❓ 21 “Say, ‘Remember the story: a woman dropped a big rock on a man named Abimelech by a wall, and he died. So do not ask why we went near the wall.’ Then say, ‘Uriah is dead too.’” 22 The man with news went to David and told all the news from Joab. ♂️️ 23 He said, “They came out to us in the field, but we pushed them back to the city gate.” ♂️⚔️➡️ 24 “Men with bows shot from the wall. Some of the king’s men died. Uriah is dead too.” 25 David said, “Tell Joab, ‘Do not be sad. War hurts many. Fight stronger and take the city.’” ️⚔️ 26 Uriah’s wife heard he was dead. She cried for him for many days. 27 When the crying days were done, David brought her to his house. She became his wife. She had a son. But God was not happy with what David did. ⚠️