The last sentence in today’s framing verse is one of the great biblical understatements of all time. David has perpetrated a complicated, power-abusing plot upon Bathsheba and her husband Uriah—because he desired Bathsheba. The greatest king in the history of Israel, chosen as a child, dearly be….

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This post appeared here first: Forward Day By Day – August 8, 2019

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