In Bible study, the Tiger Lily and I discuss numerous thoughts directed by the Holy Ghost. We were contemplating King David and Bathsheba in the events which took place in that horrid series of events.
No one though has ever addressed this as the Holy Ghost has never revealed the reality behind this.
David was somewhere in his middle to late fifties in age. We can mark this date as Solomon was probably 12 to 15 years of age when David breathed his last in this life. That would be 55 to 58 years old.
Age was not the problem in this, but it was a series of events which were the problem. In not making any excuses in this for David, there is a reason he fell down in the worst possible way and it is not any coincidence this man chose to validate himself with a woman who was another man's.
The start of this was in Second Samuel in which David was in battle, and grew faint. This alarmed Israel completely and they forbid him to join them in battle again, as he literally was Israel.
2 Samuel 21:15 - Online Parallel Bible
bible.cc/2_samuel/21-15.htmNow when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and ... Afterwards, war broke out between the Philistines and Israel, so David went down to ... his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David grew faint. ... and David waxed faint; in the battle, not able to bear the fatigues of war, and ...
David, the mightiest of warriors, filled with the Spirit of God, who had killed lions and bears, giants and thousands......had leaped over walls and bent metal bows as the Lord taught his hands to war, was when the season of war came, left in the City of David while all the other warriors and his chosen men went out to battle.
This was a national castration and a Spiritual castration of David, because this was a man who for his entire life had relied on valor and vigor in the Spirit of the Lord as his foundation of his virility, and suddenly it was all gone.
David the warrior was left at home with the women to grind. While it is not recorded, it is evident that the same women who sang of David's ten thousands slaughtered, whispered that the King no longer had what it took and needed to be coddled at home, while the real men were out prosecuting wars.
It is not recorded in the Bible, but forensic psychology points to David must have questioned God in this in if God really loved him, because the God who can do all, certainly could have made him young again in having feet like a deer and putting him upon his high places.
David cut off from the validation of the things that made him. His being hurt and the connection to God being strained, his gaze was upon all he had in the City of David, which he no longer could defend as his own.
Into this Bathsheba, the wife of one of David's mighty warriors and the granddaughter of his most trusted adviser was seen on her roof top.
The examination of what David saw is unimportant as it was enough, because he had to have beauty to make the ugly in him feel not so worthless, and he summoned her to look upon her.
Bathsheba was under the King's command as all people were. She was from the outer cities and probably this was the first time she was in the metropolitan area. We can surmise this as she was without child, so she was newly married and young.
Examine for a moment in this, that her husband Uriah, was not an Israelite, but someone of valor who joined David's troop. While Uriah had great standing in Israel, he was not an Israelite and the marriage was probably one of political convenience in which she was bartered in the best situation she could hope for. It had appeal no doubt for an attractive young woman to be with the warrior. Women do that all the time as beauty queens and jocks.
David though was of more appeal in being Israelite, and being a King's mistress is an advantage as your grandfather is the King's adviser.
It was willing by both David and Bathsheba. It was not anything heinous plotting, but two people who were both looking to validate things in them. Nothing was forced on Bathsheba, but as she was probably a teenager, the entire situation of youthful tonic to an old warrior spun things out of morality.
Bathsheba would be impregnated. David would respond in his shame to trying to get Uriah to impregnate his wife. Uriah not doing that as others in battle were not with their women as a matter of honor, was left to the commander of the Army in Joab, David's relative to be put forth in battle to be killed.
Joab was always doing necessary things from killing Abner and Amasa, rival generals to David for Saul's family, who God gave the throne to David from.
Joab even told the message bearer of Uriah's death to remind David of the orders, as he knew David was going to be furious for retreating in a battle which cause Uriah to die.
The events then went into God's chastisement as David was warned by Nathan the Prophet of his sins. David thought he would be killed by God for this, but was not.
Instead it would be David's own children who would set off horrendous events of incest rape, the brother killing the raping half brother for his sister's honor and this killer, Absalom, would raise himself up to try to overthrow the Kingdom in trying to murder David, and yes, Absalom slept with his father's wives to mark them.
It would be Joab again who would kill Absalom and tidy things up. Joab would chose the wrong son to back in not Bathsheba's in Solomon, and for this Solomon would execute Joab for all the "blood" on Joab's hands.
Joab would also in the war Uriah was killed in, summon David to take the city, unless Joab would be known as the leader of Israel.
That must have really rubbed salt in the wounds of David in just taking credit for a war he was out sexing another man's wife in.
For that reason, Joab in forensic psychology must have detested Solomon which caused Joab his life. Solomon was the product, after Bathsheba's first born with David was slain by God, to make certain it was not Uriah's child, that caused Joab to murder Uriah to clean up a national mess.
Bathsheba and Nathan would secure the throne for Solomon as a coup was plotted. Thus moving David to make Solomon regent while he was still living.
Bathsheba's grandfather would commit suicide in choosing Absalom as King in the overthrow. A great many people died all due to a middle aged crisis in a man coming to terms with his frail nature.
Men pressed beyond their nature in questioning the Love of God as they age. It is an interesting study in how all fail in some point in holding onto life in fears and not eternal Life in Love.
It is good that God is the Judge in this, as when good people fail, there is only God there Who can forgive and lift them up.
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