2 Samuel 11:2-3

11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. ¹  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. ²  11:3 So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger ³  said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

¹ tn Heb “on the roof of the house of the king.” So also in vv. 8, 9.

² tn The disjunctive clause highlights this observation and builds the tension of the story.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the messenger) has been specified in the translation for clarity.