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Message {{ Honeypot below, not using any significant name to prevent smarter bots from noticing it as a honeypot }} Cancel Send. David responded to the news of Uriah’s death by saying, essentially, “Well, sometimes bad things happen.” He showed no regret or remorse, only relief that he had not been caught in his sin. Joab obeys David's command to send Uriah, and my guess is that Joab knows something is up. It looks as though Bathsheba never enters David's mind after their encounter described in verses 1-4. Nevertheless, it is one that needs to be questioned purely in terms of the distribution of the narrative (similarly, Keys, 1996:128-129). Joab calls for a messenger to go to David. Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. Phone. David's plan is simple and, at least in his mind, foolproof. The implications of all this we will explore later. [2 Samuel] {11:14} Therefore, when morning arrived, David wrote a letter to Joab. (Had this been true in the earlier days of Israel's history, there would not have been another generation of Israelites, since Israel was almost constantly at war with one of their neighbors.) And so in the morning, David acts. He sought one night's pleasure, and she went home. Uriah, like all of the Old Testament saints of old, died without receiving his full reward, and that is because God wanted him to wait. David does not wish to endure the adversities of the war with Rabbah, and so he goes to Jerusalem, to his home, and to his bed. 32 And what more shall I say? Richard Nixon, the President of the United States, was forced to resign amid talk of impeachment. Uriah is the “David” that David should be. For other scripture resources relating to this lesson, see The Interpreter Foundation Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Index (https://interpreterfou… All the Israelites have to do is wait them out and starve them out. Uriah's death has to be viewed as one of a group of men, rather than merely one man. I sought to demonstrate that this sin was all of David's doing. David condemned Joab and put him under a curse because he shed the innocent blood of Abner. This is the conviction of Uriah as a soldier, and he will not violate his conscience, even when commanded to do so by the king. Joab has carried out David's instructions to the letter. David begins to eat and to drink, and he will not take no for an answer when he offers food and drink to Uriah. This means they surround the city, giving the people no way in or out of the city. 3:3), had Amnon murdered (2 Sam. But we have no such questions regarding David. He certainly knows that Uriah was summoned to Jerusalem. Uriah humbly but steadfastly refuses to do this: Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Nevertheless, this man David, in spite of his trust in God, in spite of his marvelous times of worship and his beautiful psalms, falls deeply into sin. David … If that was the extent of the story, there wouldn’t be much to tell, but Uriah’s death is only the beginning of David’s problems with God, Israel, and his son Absalom. Only one thing is wrong with David's plan: he assumes Uriah is as spiritually apathetic as he, and that he will act to indulge himself, rather than act like a soldier at war. David asked Uriah why he didn't go home, and loyal Uriah replied that he wouldn't dream of having a conjugal visit when David's army at the front has no such opportunity. Even drunk, Uriah will not violate his conscience!42 Once again, Uriah spends the night at the doorway of David's house, along with his servants. Their “deliverance” comes with the coming of the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. He intends to put Uriah in a position that will make it appear that he is the father of Bathsheba's child. David's enemy (Joab) has become his friend, or at least his ally. Seventh, Uriah is a reminder to us that God does not always deliver the righteous from the hand of the wicked immediately, or even in this lifetime. I don't know that David actually thinks he can deceive the people of Jerusalem as to whose child Bathsheba's baby is. The problem was that he didn't know how to stop what he started, and so more and more helpers came on the scene as the apprentice tried to reverse the process. To fully grasp the impact of Uriah's words, let us turn back a few pages in Samuel's writings to recall David's own words, spoken to Ahimelech the priest, as they relate to this encounter with Uriah: 1 Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone and no one with you?” 2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, 'Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.' I have heard people say, “I don't know how a person who _______ could have ever been a Christian.” There are times -- like this time for David -- when others will hardly know we are saved by the testimony of our actions. And God did deliver them. The story of David and Uriah reminds me of the story of the “Sorcerer's Apprentice.” It has been awhile, but as I remember the plot (probably the Walt Disney version), the sorcerer goes away, leaving his apprentice behind to do his chores. Not only is Uriah put to death, but a number of other Israelite warriors die with him. Daniel's three friends told the king that their God was able to deliver them. This will certainly end any protest or criticism on David's part. Fifth, when we seek to conceal our sin, things only get worse. 9. . Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i... More, Lesson 21: The Bible Is Unique In Its Story. David goes through all the right motions with Uriah. 26 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. No one really seemed able to explain just what these burglars expected to gain from their crime. The servant-spies come to David in the morning with an amazing report: “He didn't do it. Uriah cannot, Uriah will not, live in luxury while they live sacrificially. First, David had taken Uriah’s wife and had him slain by the sword of the Ammonites; so, the sword was never to depart from his house. But when Uriah faithfully serves his king (David), he loses his life. The inference is that this is a military (or at least official) mission. Uriah is listed among the mighty warriors of David (2 Samuel 23:39; 1 Chronicles 11:41). He was loyal to king and country, for he served in the king’s army. CarelinksMinistries 7,713 views. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. His sins of omission finally blossomed and came into full bloom. When he sends Uriah to Jerusalem, he has to give him some mission, some task to perform. In our first lesson, we devoted our attention to the first four verses of chapter 11, which depict David's sin of adultery with Bathsheba. David and Bathsheba, Uriah and Nathan: Bible stories told for children. 27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. Our previous lesson attempted to explain David's sin with Bathsheba in a way that placed the guilt squarely upon David, and not upon Bathsheba. Man has been seeking to cover up his sins ever since the Garden of Eden. It will not be long before her pregnancy will become obvious to anyone who looks at her. Joab and Uriah may have sensed that this was no “mission impossible” (as you would give a mighty warrior), but that is a “mission incredible.” In any case, the web of deceit and deception is already being woven, and more people are being drawn into the conspiracy. Without a doubt, this is the moral and spiritual low-water mark of David's life. The hypocrisy of David's actions and words are hard to accept. (2) We are not supposed to know, or it would not add to the story for us to know what it was. He gives very exacting instructions to him. If he were with his men in the field, this would not be necessary. I endeavored to demonstrate that David's sin with Bathsheba was the result of a sequence of wrong decisions and attitudes on David's part. David lusted after her and made plans to have her for his own. These eight verses, devoted to the way in which Uriah's death is reported, are double the length of the account of David's sin with Bathsheba. Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, a warrior in King David's army. 3 “Now therefore, what do you have on hand? Too many Christians today want their blessings “now” and are not willing to suffer, waiting for their reward then. Joab complies completely with David's orders, and Uriah is eliminated, no longer an obstacle to David's plans. There, surrounding the city of Rabbah, are the Israelite soldiers, led by Joab. How can one possibly report this fiasco in a way that doesn’t make Joab look like a fool (at best), or a murderer (at worst)? However, Uriah refused to sleep with his wife while his fellow men were off fighting. Uriah Heep are an English rock band from London. Uriah dies, and David is unmoved. David simply puts this sinful event out of his mind, until a messenger is sent by Bathsheba informing the king that his night of passion has produced a child. Spirituality is no guarantee that we will no longer suffer in this life. This is not “causing a weaker brother to stumble;” this is cutting off a stronger brother's legs at the knee. He is not a traveling salesman, home from a road trip; he is a soldier, away from his post. It is amazing how quickly David falls into the sins depicted in this one chapter. The fulfillment of this punishment is a matter of historical record. Adam and Eve sought to cover their nakedness and to hide from God, not realizing their efforts betrayed their sin and guilt. And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. He will return as soon as David releases him (see verse 12). ‘David and Uriah’ was created in 1665 by Rembrandt in Baroque style. Instead, his sins only multiply. And in this condition, David sends Uriah home to “sleep it off,” in his own bed, of course. Later, Bathsheba sends word to David that she was pregnant. The king's faithful soldier spends the night guarding the life of the king, the king who has taken his own wife in the night, and who will soon take his life as well. Now David adds a further touch. I think the messenger figures out that if David knows Uriah has been killed, he will not raise any objections to this needless slaughter. I believe the messenger gives the report in this way because he understands what is really going on here. Uriah is identified as the foreground figure, with David and Nathan in the background. Uriah is one of those Gentile converts whose faith and obedience puts many Israelites to shame. However, we have seen how David repaid Uriah’s loyalty. ethnic Hittite minority resident in Israel that had lived in and around the region How can he when everyone knows Uriah has never been with his wife to get her pregnant? 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. David is in trouble. His sin begins very privately, but as the story progresses, more and more people become aware of it, and worse yet, more and more people become participants in it. The mission is a suicide mission from the outset, and it does not take a genius to see it for what it is. He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion (Proverbs 28:13). And so in verses 22-25 we are given an account of the messenger's arrival, of his report to David, and of David's response. David and Uriah represents a dramatic reversal of events not through physical means, but by stirring the conflicting passions of loyalty, betrayal, and desire that shaped this moment of peripeteia. Who wouldn't want to go home and enjoy his wife after some time of separation, thanks to the war with the Ammonites? This is not the David of a few chapters earlier. This was all of David's doing, not due to temptation or seduction on Bathsheba's part, but because of arrogance, lust, and greed on David's part. He had been with David since his early times before rising in stature to King over Israel. One way or the other, David is making these servant-spies co-conspirators with him. In fact, spiritual intimacy with God is often the result of our sufferings (see Matthew 5). There is no mistaking David's orders to Uriah: he wants Uriah killed in a way which makes it look like a simple casualty of war. Let them think carefully about the example of Uriah for their own lives. 27 So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother. Please fill out the form below and we will get in touch to confirm the details of your enquiry. In the Bible, cover-ups appear very early. . It is at this point, Joab instructs the messenger, that he is to inform David of the death of Uriah. After committing adultery with Bathsheba and impregnating her, King David summoned to Jerusalem Uriah, her husband who had been away serving in the army under Joab. It was here that Uriah and those with him were fighting. Despite her marriage to one of David’s mighty soldiers (2 Samuel 23:39), David summons Bathsheba to the palace and they sleep together. It was not Bathsheba's indiscretion in bathing herself (as I understand this story), for she was simply obeying the ritual of purification outlined in the law. In one sense, being on the path he was, his destination (of adultery, or something like it) was to be expected. And Joab sent Uriah to David. Until that time, he will think and act like the soldier he is. Uriah has just told David that he will not go to his own house, that he will not eat and drink and sleep with his wife.41 He has put this matter emphatically: “By your life, and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing” (verse 11). The King called for Uriah to come home so that he could spend a night with his wife, Bathsheba, and cover up the sin that Bathsheba was pregnant with David's child. No need to register, buy now! I don't think so. When we first encounter Bathsheba, we learn she is “the wife of Uriah the Hittite” (2Sam 11:3), but by the end of the story she is married to King David instead. Three police officers responded to find five unauthorized individuals inside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. David sends word to Joab, ordering him to send Uriah home to Jerusalem. Verse 26 makes it sound as though she learns of Uriah's death after the fact, through normal channels. I think it is safe to say that here Uriah is very much like David in his earlier days, in terms of his response to Saul. It must be with great apprehension that Uriah joins David for dinner this last night in Jerusalem. But God lovingly sought them out, not only to rebuke them and to pronounce curses upon them, but to give them the promise of forgiveness. Uriah is a soldier. They, along with the ark of the Lord, are camping in tents in the open field. He sleeps in the doorway of the king's house, in the presence of a number of the king's servants. Apart from God's sustaining grace, we can fall very far, very quickly. David is getting desperate. Uriah is a gentile and a Hittite who eventually came to worship the God of Israel. They virtually equal the length of the account of David's dealings with Uriah. Uriah the Hittite (Hebrew: אוּרִיָּה הַחִתִּי‎ – ʾŪriyyāh haḥittī) is a minor character in the Hebrew Bible, mentioned in the Books of Samuel, an elite soldier in the army of David, king of Israel and Judah, and the husband of Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam. It seems now as though David is simply trying to legitimize his sin. 41 Is this, by any chance, a clue as to what the “present” was that David sent after Uriah in verse 8? Now, this same David (well, not really the same David) now uses Joab to kill Uriah and get him out of his way. They seem gracious and understanding, even sympathetic. He is among the most faithful servants and soldiers of David. All in all, several weeks or more have passed. Some of the “mighty men” came to David early, while he was in the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1-2), and we suspect that among them were Joab, Abishai, and Asahel, the three brothers who were mighty men (see 2 Samuel 23:18, 24; 1 Chronicles 11:26).39 Others joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:1ff. How sad to read of David's hypocrisy. Here is Uriah, a man who will give his life for his king, and David, a man who is now willing to take Uriah's life to cover his sin. This the reason for Joab's careful instructions to the messenger. I think he also figures out that David wants to get rid of Uriah, and that Joab has accomplished this by this miserable excuse for an offensive against the enemy. And the servant is absolutely right, as the verse 25 indicates: Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab, 'Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and overthrow it'; and so encourage him” (2 Samuel 11:25). It was God who provided a covering for their sins. Why does he inform David that Uriah has been killed, before he even utters a word of criticism or protest? As we all know, it did not work, and it only made matters worse. Uriah should not be criticized or looked down upon for his loyalty and submission to David. If David can fall, so can we, which is precisely what Paul warns us about: 11 Now these things happened to them as an example were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. How ironic! There are those who might conclude that Uriah's elevator may not “go to the top floor” (as my neighbor used to say of those she considered less than bright). 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