2 Samuel 11:2-5 One
late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on
the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a
woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful. David sent to ask
about her, and was told, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and
wife of Uriah the Hittite?” David sent his agents to get her. After she
arrived, he went to bed with her. (This occurred during the time of
“purification” following her period.) Then she returned home. Before
long she realized she was pregnant.
As David walked on the roof of his house one evening, he saw a
beautiful woman taking a bath. Someone told him she was Bathsheba,
the wife of Uriah, a Hittite soldier off fighting with David’s army.
David should have put Bathsheba out of his mind when he heard she
was married, but he didn’t.
2 Samuel 11:5-13
David asked Joab, a commander in chief of King in his army, for news on the war. Chapter 11 begins with David ordering the Ammonites to be destroyed for good. Uriah was a solider fighting in this war. After giving a report to David, Uriah was given instructions to go home and get a good night's sleep. Verse 11 says Uriah
responds to David “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are out there in tents, Joab and his servants are roughing
it out in the fields. So, how can I go home and eat and drink and enjoy
my wife? On your life, I’ll not do it!” Verse 13 says
The next day David invited him
to eat and drink with him, and David got him drunk. But Uriah still didn’t go
home.
The Malicious Murder Plot
David instructed Joab to put Uriah on the front line where the fighting was the fiercest and have the soldiers pulled back so Uriah will be exposed and killed. The end result The enemy was
too much for them. They advanced on them in the open field, and they were pushed
back to the city gate. Eighteen of the king’s soldiers died, including Uriah. 2 Samuel 11:14-27.
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