Chapter 29 David takes someone else's wife

One evening, while he was enjoying the shade on the roof (this is the custom of the Jews), he saw a beautiful woman. Immediately he is attracted, and he wants to marry her. However, after investigation, she was married to Uriah, a Hittite who was an officer under Joab and was serving at the front.We may recall that Joab was the one who killed Abner with impunity. Seriously, David should forget about that woman.But he didn't do that. Instead, he took the initiative to invite Uriah to the palace as a guest, entertained him warmly, gave him gifts, and then sent him back to the army.David asked Uriah to bring a letter to Joab, instructing Uriah to be placed in the most dangerous place where he could be easily killed.

Joab, morally inferior to a criminal, was just right to arrange this kind of cold-blooded murder.Instead of warning Uriah, he complimented the unfortunate man, saying that he was brave enough to undertake the most dangerous missions.Without any doubt, Uriah happily served as the vanguard officer. The battle begins, and Joab executes his plan in earnest. Uriah took the lead and rushed over. Joab gave an order, and all the soldiers withdrew.Only Uriah was left alone, and he was killed by the enemy. His wife Bathsheba became a widow and soon married David. David thought that the people of Jerusalem would not know about his scandal, but he was wrong.

The soldiers at the front knew about it, and they told their relatives and friends. In a small country, this kind of story spread quickly, and soon the whole country knew about it.The king wanted to get someone else's wife, first killed the husband, and then took the wife. However, a king is a king, and many people even think that a king can do no wrong. Others are afraid to tell the truth, for fear of being hanged or thrown into prison. Below, one of the great moments in what we call Jewish history. When everyone was silent, the great national conscience spoke. The prophet Nathan came to David's court. He heard a story and wanted to tell the king.

Nathan said, "Once upon a time there lived a rich man and a poor man next to each other. The rich man had many sheep, but the poor man had but one little lamb. The poor man loved his sheep as his own son, and every day he gave his The food is distributed to the lambs. When it is cold, they hold the lambs in their arms, fearing that it will be damaged by freezing. "One day, a rich man invited guests to a banquet and wanted to kill a sheep. He could kill his own sheep, but he didn't do that. Instead, he stole the neighbor's lamb and slaughtered it." David couldn't suppress the anger in his heart when he heard this.He said it was the most heinous crime he had ever heard of.

He must be strict. The poor man shall be compensated sevenfold.As for the villain, he must be executed immediately. Then Nathan stood up and said, "My lord, it was you who killed Uriah's wife. The LORD will bring disaster upon you and your household, and you and Padsheba will The child born will die to atone for his parents." David was afraid and regretful, and soon his child fell ill, and the prophecy began to be fulfilled.David sprinkled dust on his head and repented to Jehovah. For seven days and seven nights, David did not eat or drink. On the eighth day, the child died, and the prophecy of the prophet was fully fulfilled.

david wept David believed that he had killed his own son, and he confessed to Jehovah that killing Uriah was his sin. He was wrong and asked Jehovah to forgive him.David's grief was evidently sincere and moved the Lord.So there was no further punishment. Soon David had another son named Solomon.David was overjoyed and promised to make this child his heir and exclude the others. This is not good news for the rightful heirs to the throne, Absalom and Adoriah. Adoria doesn't care, and doesn't care much about this matter.But Absalom—whose mother had been born in the parched desert of Syria—was a fanatical youth, and he began plotting a rebellion.

He went out of his way to please the people of Jerusalem. He was a handsome young man with blond hair and a shawl.Wherever there is excitement, there is him. He dresses himself up as the protector of the poor against the oppression of the rich.As David became more and more domineering and taxes became more and more heavy, people who suffered and were wronged everywhere were happy to complain to this prince who had suddenly lost his right to inherit the throne. After four years of such agitation, Absalom thought he had enough followers.So he left Jerusalem on the pretext of going to Hebron to fulfill his vow to Yahweh.In fact, he was planning to rebel.

This is a heavy blow to David. Of all the children he loved Absalom the most, and he knew it wasn't fair to Absalom. He didn't want to fight with his own flesh and blood, so he left the palace, crossed the Jordan River, and went to live in the village of Mahanaim. After he left, the country fell into civil war.At the moment of failure and humiliation, the people remembered that David was the great commander who killed the giant Goliath and led the Jewish people to defeat the Philistines, but forgot the David who took other people's wives.