Our text has much to say about the sins of adultery and murder, but rest assured that it addresses much more than this. The third lesson will focus on “David and Nathan,” as this confrontation is put forth in chapter 12. In the following lesson, we will address the subject of “David and Uriah,” as told by our author in 11:5-27. This first lesson will deal with “David and Bathsheba,” as described in 11:1-4. I have chosen to expound these chapters in three lessons. This sequence of events and its accompanying tragedies is the subject of chapters 11 and 12 of 2 Samuel. It looks like the perfect crime, but David's sin is discovered and dealt with by Nathan, the prophet of God. When this does not work, David gives orders to Joab, the commander of the army, which arranges for Uriah's death in battle. The woman becomes pregnant, and so David calls Uriah home, hoping it will be thought that he has gotten his wife pregnant. The woman is shortly summoned to the palace and then to his bedroom, where David sleeps with her, even though he has discovered she is the wife of Uriah, a warrior who is fighting for the army of Israel. By chance, David sees a woman bathing herself, a sight which David fixes upon, and then follows up on with an investigation as to her identity. A little vacation from war leads to a day spent in bed, followed by a stroll along the roof of his palace as night begins to fall on Jerusalem. Certainly that is the case with King David. Many tragic incidents occur as the unexpected outcome of a sequence of events. The angry husband had killed my uncle, falsely assuming that he was his adversary.
The rifle easily penetrated the windshield, and my uncle was instantly killed - by mistake. Gunshots rang out as the enraged husband fulfilled his vow. Unfortunately, my uncle was driving a car which looked similar to the one driven by the estranged husband's adversary parked outside the trailer earlier in the day. He was just entering the driveway, very near the little mobile home where the altercation occurred earlier. He left, but only while uttering threats about what he was yet to do.Ī few hours later, my uncle came by to visit my grandmother. Ultimately, the woman's visitor brandished a weapon and demanded that the husband leave. An argument resulted, and blows were exchanged. When the husband came to the mobile home to see his wife, another man was there. The husband, who had served time in prison, was prone to violence. As I recall, the woman who lived in the trailer and her husband were estranged. At the entrance to her driveway was a small lot, where a small mobile home was parked.
When my Grandmother Palmer was alive, she lived on a farm outside of Shelton, Washington.
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