King David and Bathsheba
The Bible doesn’t pull punches when it comes to recounting the sins and mistakes made by key Biblical figures. The story of David and Bat-Sheva testifies to this. At a certain time of year, when kings wage war to conquer and establish territory, King David decided to stay home, while his army went out to battle.
2 Samuel 11:2-5
Late one afternoon, David rose from his couch and strolled on the roof of the royal palace; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful…A messenger reported, “She is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her… And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
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Late one afternoon, David rose from his couch and strolled on the roof of the royal palace; and from the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful…
A messenger reported, “She is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her… And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
וַיְהִ֣י | לְעֵ֣ת הָעֶ֗רֶב וַיָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֜ד מֵעַ֤ל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ֙ וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ֙ עַל-גַּ֣ג בֵּית-הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה רֹחֶ֖צֶת מֵעַ֣ל הַגָּ֑ג וְהָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה מְאֹֽד: וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד וַיִּדְרֹ֖שׁ לָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר "הֲלוֹא-זֹאת֙ בַּת-שֶׁ֣בַע בַּת-אֱלִיעָ֔ם אֵ֖שֶׁת אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי": וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ דָּוִ֨ד מַלְאָכִ֜ים וַיִּקָּחֶ֗הָ וַתָּב֤וֹא אֵלָיו֙ וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב עִמָּ֗הּ... וַתַּ֖הַר הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וַתִּשְׁלַח֙ וַתַּגֵּ֣ד לְדָוִ֔ד וַתֹּ֖אמֶר "הָרָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי":
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