2 Samuel 11:5
ESV
And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant."
NIV
The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."
NASB
But the woman conceived; so she sent word and informed David, and said, 'I am pregnant.'
CSB
The woman conceived and sent word to inform David: "I am pregnant."
NLT
Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message, saying, 'I’m pregnant.'
KJV
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
NKJV
And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
What does 2 Samuel 11:5 mean?
King David was motivated by lust for Uriah's wife after seeing her bathing. So, he uses his absolute power as the king to summon her to his house and to sleep with her. He has broken God's command not to commit adultery (Exodus 20:14), violated the trust and respect of one of his own generals, and taken advantage of a woman under his kingship.David saw Bathsheba when she was performing a Mikveh: a ceremonial washing to restore cleanness after menstruating (Leviticus 15:28). One of God's primary promises in the Mosaic Covenant is that if His people obey Him, they will be fertile (Deuteronomy 28:1–4). The law states that a woman must wait seven days after she stops bleeding, bathe, and offer a sacrifice, and then she will be clean and able to have sex with her husband (Leviticus 15:28–30). By waiting that seven days, couples would have sex when they were most likely to become pregnant.
Now, Bathsheba is pregnant with David's baby. It's obviously not Uriah's child since she just ended her period and he's on the battlefield. So, she tells David.
David's response is an attempted cover-up. He invites Uriah back to Jerusalem, believing Uriah will have sex with his wife, so David can pretend the baby isn't his. But Uriah follows David's custom of not having sex during a war (1 Samuel 21:5). So, David has Uriah killed in battle and marries Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:6–27).
David thinks his deception is enough. He forgets that God knows everything (2 Samuel 12).
