I guess you are used to your talking donkey "discussing" David with you, eh?!
David--Yabber's favorite rascal!
"We now come to the most despicable episode in the life of this Jewish scoundrel. It alone is sufficient to brand with the mark of infamy the character responsible for the crime. And yet it is but an ordinary incident in the life of David, a lark, so to speak, in the life of this "man of God." But to us poor mortals it is a story of a different color. To us it reveals a character that we judge to be an abomination. Were such an unscrupulous man living to-day openly committing such a vile deed, our condemnation would resound the world over; and instead of applying the title "man of God" to such a scoundrel, we would more properly refer to him in language befitting his rascality. Since David was a man of God, and since the Bible is God's Holy Word, we will proceed with the story.
Samuel 2, Chapter 11, Verses 1-2.
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2. And it came to pass in an evening tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
It may be of interest here to mention the fact, that in the days of the great religious leaders -- men who had either seen or spoken to God -- the abodes in which they lived did not have the conveniences of the modern home. Gas and electric light were not only unknown, but had such "miracles" even been suggested a charge of witchcraft would have followed the proposal. Household plumbing and that essential, the bathtub, were improvements these God-inspired men were totally ignorant of. They were "inspired" with higher ideals than those which make for comfort and happiness of the family. They were inspired with warfare, deception, rape and banditry. These improvements came from men who did not boast of any relation with God. They were concerned with peace, the cultivation of their soil and the uplift of the community. For following these pursuits and endeavoring to improve the conditions under which they lived, these people were termed by such fiendish characters as David and his like as pagans, infidels and heretics.
But let us go back to our story where the great King David -- we should judge it to be in the twilight of evening, in the balmy month of June -- walked upon the roof of his house and lo and behold, saw a woman washing herself. A closer observation revealed the woman -- in her nakedness -- as being very beautiful. As there are more details to the story we will let the Bible whisper them to us.
Samuel 2, Chapter 11, Verses 34.
3. And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4. And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
One thing about David; he certainly lost no time in the satisfaction of his lustful desires. What a perfect Biblical character he is. No romance, no wooing on a moonlight night, no fervent manifestations of passionate love; just brutal sexual satisfaction. Aye, even a parody upon prostitution. Not a single line to give a redeeming color to this brutal case of adultery. "And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her." As cold-blooded as it is possible to be."
Joseph Lewis |
