King David Gives into Temptation

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2 Samuel 11:1-5 Amplified Bible

Bathsheba, David’s Great Sin

11 Then it happened in the spring, [a]at the time when the kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all [the fighting men of] Israel, and they destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
2 One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat] [b]roof of the king’s palace, and from there he saw a woman bathing, and she was very beautiful in appearance. 3 David sent word and inquired about the woman. Someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” 4 David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he lay with her. And [c]when she was purified from her uncleanness, she returned to her house. 5 The woman conceived; and she sent word and told David, “I am pregnant.”

For Reflection

If there is one thing to be learned from studying the Kings of Israel, it is they are vulnerable.  They make mistakes. As good as they were, the kings of Israel were subject to the seductions of their humanity.  No one is perfect. All people are capable of good and evil. All people are living under the grace of God.

Pray

Pray for those who have chosen paths that lead them away from a spiritual relationship with God.  Pray that you will not be seduced to embrace sin.  Pray so that the grace and forgiveness of God will flow through you and cleanse you.

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