“Yo’av sent a message to David reporting all the news concerning the war, and he instructed the messenger, ‘When you have finished telling the king all the news about the war, he may become angry and ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot […]
Archives for April 2025
2S11-25: Joab Didn’t Kill Uriyah – But He Let It Happen
“So while Yo’av had the city under siege, he assigned Uriyah to the place where he knew the toughest defenders were. The men of the city went out and fought Yo’av; a number of people fell, including some of David’s servants, with Uriyah the Hitti among the dead.”-2 Samuel 11:16-17 I once heard a story […]
2S11-24: David’s Slippery Slope – From Affair to Assassination
David finds himself in a real bind. He knows it’s only a matter of time before his affair with Bathsheba becomes public. He also knows there’s no way he can cover up Bathsheba’s pregnancy. Try as hard as he could, Uriyah stubbornly refused to leave the palace and go home. So what does David do? […]
2S11-23: Don’t Confuse God With The People Who Represent Him
“In the morning David wrote a letter to Yo’av and sent it with Uriyah.”-2 Samuel 11:14 A while back I explained how Judaism turns the story of David and Bathsheba on its head by making Uriyah out to be the bad guy and David a hero who possessed all the qualities of a perfect Messiah. […]
2S11-22: When Doing Right Gets You Killed
Let’s talk about Uriyah for a second. So who was this guy? Well, he wasn’t just any soldier. He was a senior military officer. He is counted as one of thirty GIBBORIM or “mighty men of Israel” in 2nd Samuel 23. So, we ain’t talking about your average rank-and-file military official here. In later chapters, there’s […]