2 USamuweli 11:1-5

Kwathi sekwedlule unyaka, ngesikhathi amakhosi aphuma ngaso ukuyohlasela izitha zawo, uDavide wathumela uJowabe nezinceku zakhe no-Israyeli wonke, ukuba bayoshaya babhuqe kubantu bakwa-Amoni. Balivimbezela iRabha, nokho uDavide wayeseJerusalema ngaleso sikhathi. Kwakungesikhathi sakusihlwa lapho uDavide evuka embhedeni, wayesehamba ophahleni lwesigodlo sakhe. Wabona owesifazane egeza, lo wesifazane wayemuhle ngokwedlulele, ebukeka kahle. UDavide wathumela, wabuza ngalo wesifazane, wathi: “Lo akusiye yini uBhathisheba, indodakazi ka-Eliyamu ongumka-Uriya, umHithi na?” UDavide wathumela izithunywa ukuba zimlande, wafika kuye, walala naye, ngokuba wayesehlambulukile ekungcoleni kwakhe, wayesebuyela ekhaya. Owesifazane wakhulelwa, wathumela ukuba kuyobikelwa uDavide, wathi: “Ngikhulelwe.”