October 13, 2012 – 2 Samuel 10 – 11

We all know the story of David and Bathsheba, so I won’t go into too much detail, just one thing that has been pointed out to me and one thing I don’t remember reading about before. 

First, David should have been out with his troops.  It was a time when kings go out to war but David stayed behind.  This is not thrown in idly.  It is meant to be a lesson to us.  When we are lazy or do not fulfill our responsibilities, bad things will result.  “Idle hands are the devil’s playground.”

Secondly, the warning to the messenger about what to tell David was interesting.  When you tell him how we lost troops he is going to be mad because it was bad strategy.  But when he gets mad, tell him Uriah died as well in the midst of it and he will calm down.  It is funny how the messenger doesn’t even let him have a chance but throws in the Uriah thing right away.  But you can see how it would have looked.  David is all upset about the lose and then he hears of Uriah and gets this look of understanding.  Seriously, David’s story is so easy to picture, it needs to be a TV series.