## Targum Jonathan on II Samuel Chapter 11

###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:1
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וַהֲוָה לִזְמַן סוֹפָא דְשַׁתָּא לְעִדַן מִפַּק מַלְכַיָא וּשְׁלַח דָוִד יַת יוֹאָב וְיַת עַבְדוֹהִי עִמֵיהּ וְיַת כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחַבִּילוּ יַת בְּנֵי עַמוֹן וְצָרוּ עַל רַבָּה וְדָוִד יָתֵיב בִּירוּשְׁלֵם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And around the end of the year, the time when the kings go forth, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they did damage to the sons of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:2
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וַהֲוָה לְעִדַן רַמְשָׁא וְקָם דָוִד מֵעַל שִׁיווּיֵהּ וַהֲלִיךְ עַל אִגַר בֵּית מַלְכָּא וַחֲזָא אִתְּתָא מִשְׁתַּטְפָא עַל אִגְרָא וְאִתְּתָא שְׁפִירַת חֵזוּ לַחֲדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And at the time of the evening, when David arose from his couch and walked upon the roof of the king’s house, he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful of appearance.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:3
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וּשְׁלַח דָוִד וּשְׁאַל לְאִתְּתָא וַאֲמַר הֲלָא דָא בַּת שֶׁבַע בַּת אֱלִיעָם אִתַּת אוּרִיָה חִתָּאָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David sent and inquired about the woman, and he said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:4
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וּשְׁלַח דָוִד אִזְגַדִין וְדַבְּרָהּ וַאֲתַת לְוָתֵיהּ וּשְׁכִיב עִמָהּ וְהִיא מִתְדַכְיָא מִסוֹבְתָהּ וְתָבַת לְבֵיתָהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David sent messengers to lead her; and she came to him, and he slept with her, while she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:5
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וְעַדִיאַת אִתְּתָא וּשְׁלָחַת וְחַוִיאַת לְדָוִד וַאֲמַרַת מְעַדְיָא אֲנָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:6
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וּשְׁלַח דָוִד לְוַת יוֹאָב שְׁדַר לִי יַת אוּרִיָה חִתָּאָה וְשַׁדֵר יוֹאָב יַת אוּרִיָה חִתָּאָה לְוַת דָוִד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:7
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וַאֲתָא אוּרִיָה לְוָתֵיהּ וּשְׁאַל לֵיהּ דָוִד לִשְׁלַם יוֹאָב וְלִשְׁלַם עַמָא וְלִשְׁלַם עַבְדֵי קְרָבָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When Uriah came to him, David inquired after the welfare of Joab, and the welfare of the people, and the welfare of the wagers of war.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:8
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאוּרִיָא חוּת לְבֵיתָךְ וּשְׁטוֹף רִגְלָךְ וּנְפַק אוּרִיָה מִבֵּית מַלְכָּא וּנְפַקַת בַּתְרוֹהִי סְעוּדָתָא דְמַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him the king’s meal.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:9
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וּשְׁכַב אוּרִיָה בִּתְרַע בֵּית מַלְכָּא עִם כָּל עַבְדֵי רִבּוֹנֵיהּ וְלָא נְחַת לְבֵיתֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But Uriah slept at the gate of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:10
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וְחַוִיאוּ לְדָוִד לְמֵימַר לָא נְחַת אוּרִיָה לְבֵיתֵיהּ וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאוּרִיָה הֲלָא מֵאוֹרְחָא אַתְּ אָתֵי מָא דֵין לָא נְחַתְתָּא לְבֵיתָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his own house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:11
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וַאֲמַר אוּרִיָה לְדָוִד אֲרוֹנָא וְיִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה יַתְבִין בִּמְטָלַיָא וְרִבּוֹנִי יוֹאָב וְעַבְדֵי רִבּוֹנִי עַל אַפֵּי בְרָא שָׁרָן וַאֲנָא אֵיעוּל לְבֵיתִי לְמֵיכַל וּלְמִשְׁתֵּי וּלְמִשְׁכַּב עִם אִתְּתִי חַיָךְ וְחַיֵי נַפְשָׁךְ אִם אַעְבֵּיד יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Uriah said to David, “The ark, as well as Israel and Judah, dwell in booths, while my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? By your life, and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:12
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאוּרִיָה תִּיב הָכָא אַף יוֹמָא דֵין וּמְחַר אַשְׁלְחִינָךְ וִיתֵיב אוּרִיָה בִּירוּשְׁלֵם בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא וּבֵיוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David said to Uriah, “Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:13
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וּקְרָא לֵיהּ דָוִד וַאֲכַל קֳדָמוֹהִי וּשְׁתֵי וְרַוְיֵהּ וּנְפַק בְרַמְשָׁא לְמִשְׁכַּב בְּשִׁווּיֵהּ עִם עַבְדֵי רִבּוֹנֵיהּ וּלְבֵיתֵיהּ לָא נְחָת:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his own house.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:14
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וַהֲוָה בְּצַפְרָא וּכְתַב דָוִד אִגַרְתָּא לְוַת יוֹאָב וְשַׁדָר בְּיַד אוּרִיָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:15
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וּכְתַב בְּאִגַרְתָּא לְמֵימָר הָבוּ יַת אוּרִיָה לָקֳבֵיל אַפֵּי קְרָבָא תַּקִיפָא וּתְתוּבוּן מִבַּתְרוֹהִי וְיִתְמְחֵי וִימוּת:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
In the letter he wrote, saying, “Set Uriah opposite the hardest battle, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:16
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וַהֲוָה כַּד צַר יוֹאָב עַל קַרְתָּא וִיהַב יַת אוּרִיָה לְאַתְרָא דִידַע אֲרֵי גַבְרִין גִבָּרִין תַּמָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And as Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew there were heroic men.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:17
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וּנְפַקוּ אֱנָשֵׁי קַרְתָּא וְאַגִיחוּ קְרָבָא עִם יוֹאָב וְאִתְקְטֵיל מֵעַמָא מֵעַבְדֵי דָוִד וּמִית אַף אוּרִיָה חִתָּאָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the men of the city came out and waged war with Joab; and some of the people were killed, some of the servants of David. Uriah the Hittite also died.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:18
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וּשְׁלַח יוֹאָב וְחַוֵי לְדָוִד יַת כָּל עִסְקֵי קְרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Joab sent and told David all the affairs of the war.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:19
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וּפַקֵיד יַת אִזְגַדָא לְמֵימָר כְּשֵׁצָיוּתָךְ יַת כָּל עִסְקֵי קְרָבָא לְמַלָלָא עִם מַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he commanded the messenger, “When you have finished telling all the affairs of the war to the king,


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:20
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וִיהֵי אִם יִדְלַק רוּגְזָא דְמַלְכָּא וְיֵימַר לָךְ מָא דֵין אִתְקַרֵבְתּוּן לְקַרְתָּא לְאַגָחָא הֲלָא יְדַעְתּוּן יַת דְיִרְמוֹן עֲלֵיכוֹן מִן שׁוּרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
and if the king’s anger rise and he says to you, ‘Why did you draw yourselves so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would throw things on you from the wall?


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:21
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מַן קְטַל יַת אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בַּר יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת הֲלָא אִתְּתָא רְמָת עֲלוֹהִי פַלְגוּת רֶכֶב רֵחַיָא מִן שׁוּרָא וּמִית בְּתֵבֵץ לְמָא אִתְקָרִבְתּוּן לְשׁוּרָא וְתֵימַר אַף עַבְדָךְ אוּרִיָה חִתָּאָה מִית:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw half of an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you draw yourselves so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:22
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וַאֲזַל אִזְגַדָא וַאֲתָא וְחַוֵי לְדָוִד יַת כָּל דְשַׁלְחֵיהּ יוֹאָב:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:23
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וַאֲמַר אִזְגַדָא לְדָוִד אֲרֵי תַקִיפוּ עֲלָנָא גַבְרַיָא וּנְפַקוּ לְוָתָנָא לְחַקְלָא וַהֲוֵינָא טַרְדִין לְהוֹן עַד מַעֲלָנָא דְתַרְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The messenger said to David, “The men were stronger than we were, and they came out against us in the field. But when we were driving them back to the entrance of the gate,


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:24
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וּשְׁדוֹ קַשָׁתַיָא בְּעַבְדָיִךְ מִן שׁוּרָא וְאִתְקְטִילוּ מֵעַבְדֵי מַלְכָּא וְאַף עַבְדָךְ אוּרִיָה חִתָּאָה מִית:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king’s servants were killed; Uriah the Hittite is dead also.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:25
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאִזְגַדָא כְּדֵין תֵּימַר לְיוֹאָב לָא יַבְאֵשׁ בְּעֵינָךְ יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין אֲרֵי כְדֵין וּכְדֵין תִּקְטוֹל חַרְבָּא אַתְקֵיף קְרָבָא עַל קַרְתָּא וּפַגְרָהּ וְתַקְפֵהוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
David said to the messenger, “Thus shall you say to Joab, ‘Let not this thing be evil in your sight, for the sword kills now one and now another. Strengthen your battle against the city, and destroy it.’ And encourage him.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:26
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וּשְׁמָעַת אִתַּת אוּרִיָה אֲרֵי מִית אוּרִיָהּ בַּעֲלָה וּסְפָדַת עַל בַעֲלָהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned over her husband.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 11:27
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וַעֲבַר אֶבְלָא וּשְׁלַח דָוִד וְכַנְשָׁה לְבֵיתֵיהּ וַהֲוַת לֵיהּ לְאִתּוּ וִילִידַת לֵיהּ בַּר וּבָאֵישׁ פִּתְגָמָא דַעֲבַד דָוִד קֳדָם יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil before the LORD.