Now this story of David and Uriah is just about the most sublime illustration of how men (and women), with power, manipulate others to get what they want and still look good; look just in the eyes of the masses. Just amazes me that a king would have one of his most faithful servants killed in battle so that his subjects would not know that he's been sleeping with the man's wife. But, that's exactly what this highly exalted King David does. Lesser men would have been put to death for his acts. But, not David.
I like the contrast of faithfulness in this chapter. Uriah is faithful to his people, to his king. David is faithless. While his men are at war with the Ammonites, David is busy with one of their wives and then even busier trying to cover it up. Uriah, who is faithful, dies in battle, for a king who has faithlessly set him up to die.
And where is God in all of this? David is still His anointed king of Israel, but the thing that David has done displeases the LORD. Tomorrow, we will read just how displeased the LORD is.
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