Today's readings include II Samuel 21, 8, 11, 12; I Chronicles 18 and 19; and Psalms 60 and 51.
After David's kingship is established, he continues to wage war with the Philistines, Ammonites and Arameans. He is successful in all of these battles.
Then he wages war with lust and suffers miserable defeat. Apparently, he doesn't even hesitate to reach out and ruthlessly take what he see and wants. Even murder isn't too vile a sin for him. Uriah's honor when he returns home reminds me of David's honor when refusing to harm Saul. Where is David's honor now?
So much is left unsaid in these accounts. I wonder what Bath-Sheba's thoughts were. Did she intend to set the wheels in motion with her bath on the roof, or was she innocent? Her own desirability probably did not escape her. Was it her plan all along?
No comments:
Post a Comment