King James Version
2 Samuel 11:5 in the King James Version says “And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.”
2 Samuel 11:5 · KJV
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, 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; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. for she: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned
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.
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. how Joab: Heb. of the peace of, etc
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
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