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Scripture: Psalms 51

Summary of David and Bathsheba: If you remember in 2 Samuel Chapter 11 David was

supposed to be in the field leading his men into battle but instead stayed home. While strolling

along his palace roof in the evening time he saw Bathsheba bathing in the open. David desired

her and committed adultery with her. When Bathsheba found out she was to have a child,

David tried to hide his immorality by sending for Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah, who was at the

battle, and have him come home to be with his wife. David thought Uriah would then think the

baby was his. Uriah was a loyal soldier and refuse to go home to be with wife while his men

suffered out on the battlefield, so David had to come up with another plan. He wrote a letter

to his lead general, Joab, telling him to put Uriah into the hottest part of the battle and then to

with draw of him so he would be killed. Then David had Uriah deliver the letter with his own

death sentence to Joab. Joab of course did what his king asked. After Uriah was dead, David

took Bathsheba to be his wife and a baby boy was born.

God was furious with David. In 2 Samuel Chapter 12, God sends the prophet Nathan to

confront David with his sin. Nathan tells David a story about two men; one man is very rich

with many sheep, while the other man is very poor with only one little lamb that is basically

treated as a family pet. Nathan relates how one night the rich man received a special visitor,

and instead of the rich man preparing one of his own sheep for the visitor’s meal, he took away

the poor man’s lamb and used it for the visitor’s feast. David was so angered that he told

Nathan this man shall surely die. Nathan then pointed out to David, “Thou art the man!”

Nathan showed David how great his sin was toward God, and because of his great sin the baby

would die and his own house would be full of contention and strive. David would beg God’s