King David

Creation date: 12-Jan-2021
Also an Idiom of Israel

Last updated: 26-Oct-2025
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Sections

1 King Saul prepared the way for David 2 Predisposed Judgment Against David
3 King David is Model of Israel 4 The Shepherd
5 Killing of Goliath, a Future Connection with Golgotha 6  
7 Friendship with Jonathan 8 King Saul's Jealousy of David and Cave Incident
9 Tenth Man King David 10 Adultery with Bathsheba and Murder of Bathsheba's Husband Uriah
11 Archeological Evidence 12 Consequences of the Murder and Adultery
13 Role in Preparing the Temple 14 Future Role in the Millennial Kingdom
15 Overall Analysis of King David compared with King Saul    

King Saul prepared the way for David

David was the son of Jesse that was a prominent family in Israel.  His family line was part of the Tribe of Judah which made them part also to the leaders in Israel.  David's brother also took part in several significant roles along with having some problems and weaknesses. 

  1. King David was the successor after King Saul. 
  2. King Saul was given to the nation of Israel because of the "crying / asking" of Israel for a King which the Prophet Samuel informed that the "crying / asking" was a rejection of God as their Leader.   See the topic on King Saul for more details.
  3. King Saul was the first king of Israel, who was from the tribe of Benjamin, which is not the prophesized tribe.
  4. The Tribe of Judah was prophesized by Jacob in Genesis to be the Royal Blood Line.
  5. In a very interesting facet, the scriptures indirectly impart to us that God had David chosen but did not reveal this to the Prophet Samuel until the time David was ready to start the mission that God had for David to prepare David for his future roles.
  6. King Saul was a good king initially and when Saul usurped the role of the Prophet Samuel, then misrepresent God by King Saul.  When Moses misrepresented God when striking the rock the second time when Moses was to speak to the rock then this cost Moses the chance to enter the Promise Land.  The rock was idiomatic of Jesus Christ with the two missions:
    (a) First coming to suffer and die for ours sins to enable Eternity with God, and
    (b) Second mission to conquer as King of Kings at the end of Tribulation Period to set up the Millennial Kingdom followed by the New Heaven and New Earth.
    NOTE: Moses made a mistake but was GREATLY loved by God.  Saul kept making mistakes and descended into idolatry, which is the first of the Four Greatest Sins.  We do not know if Saul is in heaven based on the scriptures, but this author's guess is Saul in heaven as we cannot lose Salvation, and his rewards at the Judgment Seat of Christ will reflect Saul's mistakes to not inheriting the full potential.
  7. David's father could not have been chosen because of the laws of the "Tenth Man" discussed later in this topic.
Genesis 49:8-12

Sceptre is ruling.
Shiloh is Messiah		 8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
1 Samuel 13:7-14

Kingdom shall not continue for Saul		 7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. 8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said, Bring hither the burnt-offering to me, and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering. 10 And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. 11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash; 12 therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.
1 Samuel 28:3-25  

Predisposed Judgment that We initially may have Against David

Perhaps many people, that include this author when first becoming a new Christian, have initially harbored some resentments against King David in the scriptures because of the:

  1. Adultery with Bathsheba
  2. Murder of Bathsheba's husband Uriah the Hittite to cover up the Adultery

by a man who had lavish wealth and a harem, which indicates acting on lustful and selfish carnality at the expense of others even unto their death. 

Reading the scriptures will lead us to greater discoveries about King David's life that while it was tarnished, with consequences, but God's Glory through King David was accomplished in marvelous ways that redeems King David in our viewpoints that also is inspiration for all of us as we are all sinners that need Jesus Christ for Salvation. 

If the scriptures were a collection of myths then there would not be any of the principle characters in the history that commit and participate in horrible sins, and then having the person also be chosen by God to do wonderful things in their life as one of God's representatives. 

The entirety of the scriptures does contain examples of many people who failed, suffered consequences, and then repented with trust in God for correction.  King David is one of the greatest examples in the scriptures for us to learn from his mistakes and triumphs.  All of us, from the littlest of sins, have tarnished lives that God's work in us will accomplish God's Goals when we have Faith in Him and humble ourselves to the moment by moment goals presented to us for God's Glory, along with our glory because of God Only, as we are Ambassadors for God.

King David Idiomatic of Israel

Back in the early 1980s this author was listening to a old recording from Emil Gaverluk, while driving into work, that resonated in my memory on a comment that Emil made about King David.  Emil said that he had a hard time not being very disappointed with King David because of the actions with Bathsheba and Uriah until Email said that he got a thought in answer to a prayer. 

The prayer was asking God to help in understanding why King David could do the evil things he did, and why it was allowed to happen along being recorded in the scriptures.  Emil said a thought came into his mind as if someone was shouting the words to him in a loving way, and Emil knew it was an answer from God through the Holy Spirit!  The thought was "King David is idiomatic of Israel!"  Emil, in the recording, said from that point on he loved reading about King David along with scriptures written by King David, and this author does also. 

Since that time of hearing what Emil Gaverluk stated about the idiom of King David, this author hasn't heard this from this any other Biblical Scholar where I believe Emil did find an accurate idiom model as God uses encryptions, patterns, models, a heptadic structure and Gematria throughout the entire Bible to confirm the scriptures have origins as outside of our time domain by God who exists in Eternity.

Israel had the times of loving their God for the delivery of slavery, conquering most of the Promise Land areas, conquering of adversaries, and then the spiritual adultery at times when they allowed foreign fake gods into Israel.   All of us have potentially had times we offended God also and then renewed ourselves.

The Shepherd

God created Adam, also Eve later, and it wasn't until the breath of Life entered Adam for Adam to be alive.  Adam was a minor model of Jesus Christ for these two reasons:

  1. Adam came into human existence without a sin nature, which Eve did also.
  2. When eve was deceived by Lucifer speaking through the serpent, Adam was not deceived but joined Eve in her situation to be with her because of Adam's great love for Eve.

David was a shepherd before eventually becoming King where David became the shepherd of the people.  David was a minor model also of Jesus Christ.

The position of being a shepherd is and should be like a father of a family and also a person managing a company that takes care of the employees.  David learned a great deal as being a shepherd that prepared him for his future accomplishments that required trust and faith in God.  David faced very fierce adversaries in his role as a shepherd.

1 Samuel 17:34-36
David is speaking		 34 I work as a shepherd for my father. Whenever a lion or a bear has come and attacked one of my lambs, 35 I have gone after it and struck it down to rescue the lamb from the predator’s mouth; if it turned to attack me, I would take it by the chin, beat it, and kill it. 36 I have killed both a lion and a bear; and as your servant I will kill this uncircumcised Philistine, too, since he has dared to taunt the armies of the living God.

Jesus Christ is the Great Shepherd.  David will become a shepherd once again during the Millennial Kingdom which is discussed later in this topic.

Isaiah 40:11
Messianic Prophecy		 He will feed His fold like a shepherd; He will gather together His lambs—the weak and the wobbly ones—into His arms. He will carry them close to His bosom, and tenderly lead like a shepherd the mother of her lambs.
John 10:11
Points to Crucifixion		 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep in His care.

Jesus Christ has many Titles, where one that is often referenced in the scriptures is Jesus Christ is the Second Adam.  This has more wonderful consequences than we know that primarily mean that God is in the process restoring all things as they should have been before the sins of Lucifer with Adam and Eve.  The future will have David and all of us to live in our full potential.  We should be building our future roles now for the rewards in Heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:47-49 47 The first man, Adam, came from the earth and was made from dust; the second man, Jesus, has come from heaven. 48 The earth man shares his earth nature with all those made of earth; likewise the heavenly man shares His heavenly nature with all those made of heaven. 49 Just as we have carried the image of the earth man in our bodies, we will also carry the image of the heavenly man in our new bodies at the resurrection.

Killing of Goliath, a Future Connection with Golgotha

Probably one of the most widely known scriptural references by everyone in the world is the history of David meeting the Giant Goliath in battle where David was representing the entirety of Israel, and Goliath was representing the Philistines.   David was most likely around 18 to 19 years old and was interestingly not required to be in the army as his three of his seven brothers.  David was the youngest of his father Jesse's eight children.

King Saul, in other scriptural references, had several military victories before the Goliath event.  Since the beginning of the two armies meeting without any contact, Goliath on a daily basis challenged Israel and specifically King Saul, for a "winner of a single person battle" will determine the winner of the war.  King Saul was sitting in his tent afraid without committing, which a form of blasphemy against God.  Prior to this meeting the Philistines, King Saul was known for his valor and his own fighting abilities. 

David, at this point in his life, was well skilled in the use of a rock sling as it was a required weapon of a herdsman to protect the heard of sheep and goats from predators.  The scriptures record David as killing many formidable predators. 

During a food delivery for his father Jessie, where David's brothers were part of King Saul's close companions, David went into the King's tent to question and get permission to represent the King in battle after hearing no one would face Goliath, as read in Samuel 20:31-40.  King Saul gave David his blessing in battle and additionally gave David his own armor.

Notes on Goliath and excerpts from the Nephilim topic:

Goliath had four other brothers that were also as large as Goliath and were Rephaim, as Goliath was a descendent of the Nephilim.  There were several tribes in the Promise Land that Joshua did not conquer, as read in the Book of Joshua, or was tricked into a peace treaty with the Gibeonites during the conquering of almost all of the Promise Lands that God had instructed Joshua to eliminate.  Some of these tribes had been infiltrated by Nephilim by Fallen Angels that then had several generations of Rephaim. 

Recall that as Moses sent the ten spies into the Promise Land, Numbers 13:33-34, that eight of the ten spies came back with a bad report saying we are like grasshoppers in their eyes because of the height of some of the Nephilim that were encountered.

Numbers 13:33-34 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Note: Anak ("who come of the Nephilim") and Anak's sons are Rephaim.
Joshua 9 3 However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, 4 they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
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7 The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?”
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14 The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord. 15 Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.
1 Chronicles 20:4-8

Reference to the areas
of Rephiam as even
 known today.		 4 Now it came about after this, that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants (Rephaim), and they were subdued. 5 And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver s beam. 6 Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants (Rephaim). 7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David s brother, killed him. 8 These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Note: There are many legends and written lore of peoples all over the world, with a fear of the people with six-fingers, similar to a Polydactyl trait, but something much more.  American Hollywood entertainment, in the early years when there were still people alive that grew up or were first generation removed from different American Indian wars, knew about some of the Indian greetings done of holding up a hand and saying a greeting.   There are Biblical Scholars and others that state the greeting of holding the hand up, not the voiced greeting, was to show how many fingers were on the hand, that would be a warning or for reverence of the travelers with six fingers. 
1 Samuel 17:4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp.  His height was six cubits and a span. 

The height is approximately 9'9" or 297 cm.  The decedents from Gath were Nephilim. 

When David faced Goliath, the verbal exchange is very important as Goliath, not knowingly, prophesied his own fate because of blasphemy of God as a Rephaim would:

David killed Goliath with a single blow from a rock that "broke his skull". 
  1. For anyone doubting the power and ability of a rock sling weapon can do Internet search for videos showing both accuracy and a powerful impact.
  2. While never seen in any Biblical Commentary on David going with no fear into the "one on one" fight with Goliath, this author would state that David had no fear because:
    (a) David knew with years of experience how effective his weapon would be. 
    (b) David was chosen by God with the preparation of skills that God wanted in the King of Israel that had to come out of the tribe of Judah. 
    (c) God gave David the confidence. 

There is an interesting note that most likely passed the significance to many Christians on David cutting off the head of Goliath and taking it Jerusalem.  The location that the head of Goliath was kept in Jerusalem later because known as the "Place of the Skull" where it had to be done by Levitical Law away from anything clean along with being away from anyone becoming unclean by touching it.  The location is also known as Golgotha and Calvary where Jesus Christ's Crucifixion was conducted.  

1 Samuel 17:54 David got Goliath's head and took it to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath's weapons in his own tent.

There is so many amazing double patterns in the scriptures, where the significance of Golgotha is Goliath represented the epitome of evil as a Rephaim, and Jesus Christ victory of the crucifixion had the part that Jesus Christ descended into Sheol:

Other interesting facts from the scriptures concerning Goliath:
  1. Goliath had four brothers.  David picked up five stones in preparation for the battle with Goliath.  Rhetorically, did David plan on using one stone for each brother of Goliath?  The Holy Spirit always use Gematria, Patterns, Idioms and so much more for us to recognize the beautiful symmetry and authenticity of the true source of the scriptures is God.  It not by coincidence that the Holy Spirit gave us the number of stones.
  2. See the topic on the Nephilim and Rephaim for more absolute proof from the scriptures that Nephilim and Rephaim existed. 
  3. From the scriptural reference, Goliath's father was named "Rapha".  Rapha's sons are listed as: "Goliath", "Ishbi-benob, "Saph" or Sipai", "Lahmi", and one unnamed 24-digit brother.
  4. There is some minor confusion that Goliath was the father of the "Ishbi-benob, "Saph" or Sipai", "Lahmi", and one unnamed 24-digit brother, but this is cleared up when examining the scriptural passages that in some versions incorrectly use "giants", instead of Rephaim, that lead to a wrong conclusion.
2 Samuel 21:18-22 18 After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then s Sibbecai t the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants u of the Rephaim. 19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and v Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, w the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the Rephaim. 21 And when y he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down. 22 These four were descended x from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles 20:6-7 6 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the Rephaim. 7 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of e Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.
Deuteronomy 23:2 No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord.
   

Friendship with Jonathan

There are so many beautiful, thought provoking, liberating, inspiring verses here in the first few chapters of Genesis which almost jumps off of the page requiring examination where the writer had to restrain himself to stay on topic while writing.

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King Saul's Jealousy of David and Cave Incident

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Tenth Man Anointed King

David was of the Tribe of Judah but from David's lineage, his nine predecessors fathers could not have been anointed Kings because of the incident with Judah having visited sexually Tamar, his daughter in law of two deceased son husbands of Judah when Judah thought Tamar was a prostitute. 

Tamar was first the wife of Judah's oldest son that was struck down by God for sins.  Tamar was given to Judah's second son who is also the wife of his deceased son where she was expected by the Levirate marriage law to be provided by offspring by someone who was related to her husband.  Tamar was granted the Levirate Marriage right by Judah for his two first two sons that died where the third son was to young to be given Tamar as a wife.  Tamar was promised the third son when he got old but it was never given to her, so she dressed up as a prostitute on a side of a road during celebration time of harvest and tricked Judah into coming into her tent with darkness and veils.
 

Deuteronomy 25:5-10  5 “When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. 6 “It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall assume the name of his dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. 7 “But if the man does not desire to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’ 8 “Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says, ‘I do not desire to take her,’ 9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the sight of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall declare, ‘Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’ 10 “In Israel his name shall be called, ‘The house of him whose sandal is removed.’

This Levirate law was also questioned to Jesus Christ by the Sadducees when trying to trick Jesus Christ.  Note that the Sadducees did not necessarily believe in the resurrection of all humans to one of the two Judgments.

Matthew 22:23-33 23 On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, 24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; 26i n like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27 And after them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

29 But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven. 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

The Levitate Marriage law is also what occurred ...
 

The following are partial extracts from the Tenth Man topic

The Tenth Man probation from entering the Congregation was a law written in Deuteronomy 25:5-10.  It did not mean the people affected by it were not Saved or loved by God

Notice in Ruth 4:12, there is a salutation of blessing for wishes of the future success is given by wishing blessing like the house of Pharez.  We learn from the Scriptures that Pharez is the 10th Generation grandfather of the future King David. 

The problem with King David's lineage, is Pharez is a son conceived in an illegitimate way by Judah.  Judah is part of the royal blood line and so is King David.  In Deuteronomy 23:2, an illegitimate man cannot enter the Congregation of the Lord until 10 generations have transpired.

Ruth 4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give the of this young Woman.
Deuteronomy 23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord, even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

This is

  Judah  
1 Pharez/Perez  Ten
2 Hezron Generations
3 Ram to take
4 Amminadab care of the
5 Nahshon illegitimate
6 Salmon son not 
7 Boaz allowed to 
8 Obed be in 
9 Jesse congregation
10 King David  

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Adultery with Bathsheba and Murder of Bathsheba's Husband Uriah

In the book of 2 Samuel 11:2-5, King David returns from battle and lusted after a woman named Bathsheba.  The adulterous event started when David did not recognize her identity from his house's roof top. 

David has servants inquire about Bathsheba and then has the servant take her to him, which implies Bathsheba had no choice on being taken to David as a summons from the King.  The scriptural history is very familiar to most Christians and even non-Christians. 

These are the points that should be learned from the sexual adulterous escapade followed by the murder of Bathsheba's husband:

  1. David already knew Bathsheba even though he didn't recognize her from his roof top.  One of King David's commanders, Ahithophel, was Bathsheba's grandfather as read in 2 Samuel 11:3 and 2 Samuel 23:34 so there would have been occasions of her being in David's presence.  This is why Ahithophel, after the adultery and murder, conspired against David with David's rebellions son Absalom.  Absalom tried, almost successfully, to overthrow his father King David and take the kingship.
  2. At the adulterous event that had , David should have been with his army at war, as God had Israel besieging the city of Rabbah.  This was the first sin against God by not doing as David should have been doing as King and Commander.  Bathsheba's husband, Uriah, was there at the siege of Rabbah.
  3. David already had wives and concubines, which showed he was already a man who had an insatiable appetite of lust and self-centeredness that he indulged as aspects of his position which physiological analysis would identify as a form of worship during sexual encounters. 
    (a) This is similar to modern-times when movie stars, popular musicians, and professional athletes become addicted to the euphoria of those that admire and potential worship them where they will do anything to be involved in the person that they want to be with.
    (b) Note that there is also the cases where women will give themselves sexually over to powerful men in the hopes of displacing the man's current wife which is also a dreadful evil sin.
    (c) From the scriptural account with Bathsheba, the inference is she was not given a choice while still giving into her own temptation and become pregnant from the adultery.
    (d) This author believes better of Bathsheba when compared to the negative conjectures against her.  Contrary to some theories, the scriptural Passages of Proverbs chapters 30 and 31 are written by King Solomon and partially by Bathsheba convey a woman who learned from her mistakes and past as read specifically in Proverbs 31:10-31 which is from Bathsheba.
  4. Notice in 2 Samuel Chapter 11, that David did know who Bathsheba's husband was as David sends for Uriah to leave the war with the goal of getting Uriah to have sex with his wife Bathsheba so that the pregnancy can be hidden with Uriah believing he is the father.  This of course required Bathsheba becoming a willing accomplice to the deception.  This proves that there was fore knowledge of Bathsheba once David committed adultery.
  5. David acted with Bathsheba in attempting to hide the adultery from Uriah when David has Uriah come back to Jerusalem under false pretenses.  Note the following points.
    (a) In order for Bathsheba to know she was pregnant meant that it was not the next day after the adultery.
    (b) The earliest a woman can know that she is pregnant is five to six days after a missed menstrual cycle does not occur.
    (c) The phrase "for she was purified from her uncleanness" in 2 Samuel 11:4 indicates she just has finished her menstrual cycle before the adulterous relationship began.
    (d) David had the husband return to
  6. In order for Bathsheba to know she was pregnant, meant it was at least thirty-five days after the first adulterous incident.  It can inferred that David and Bathsheba continued in the adultery for at least thirty-days and when she didn't have the menstrual cycle, she knew she was pregnant.
  7. David sent a message to one of his commanders, Joab that was sent with Uriah as he returned to the siege at Rabbah, to have Uriah put in the front line near the city and then have him isolated so that Uriah would be killed. 
    (a) This event, in legal terms, is called "Premeditated Murder" with an accomplice. 
    (b) The commander Joab is executed by the future King Solomon (King David's son) for Joab participating in Adnijaih's claim to the throne against Solomon along with murders and treason.

2 Samuel 11:2-5 2 And it came to pass at eventide, 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 bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 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. 5 And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
2 Samuel 11:14- 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
(It was done and Uriah died.)

Archeological Evidence

        The Tel Dan inscription is proof ...

Consequences of the Murder and Adultery

There are many consequences that David received from the adultery and murder.  God absolutely forgives murder and adultery for those that repent, make restitution, along with never doing either great sins again.

King David in another incident of sinning against God, was given three choices on the penalties for conducting a census not to be done, where the prophet Gad confronts David.

The following is an excerpt from the topic on Joab where Joab actually acts righteously with King David in advising David to not go against God in performing a census: 
2 Samuel 24:3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

Because of the disobeying, Gad the prophet gave King David three choices as read in 2 Samuel 24:13:

  1. Three years of famine?
  2. Three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you?
  3. Three days of plagues on your land.

King David did not chose and let God chose where there was three days of a plagues where seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Bersheeba died.

2 Samuel 24:15-17 15 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. 16 When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd, have done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Let your hand fall on me and my family.”

When King David is confronted by the prophet Nathan on the adultery and murder, God has Nathan give a story of a man stealing a much loved lamb by another man.  King David replies that this man is "worthy to die" and must repay four sheep for the stolen lamb as read in 2 Samuel 12:5-6.  Nathan then reveals to David that he is the man who stole the lamb.

The consequence against David were listed:

  1. Evil will rise up against you from your own house. (2 Samuel 12:11).
  2. Your wives will be taken from your life and given to your neighbor. (2 Samuel 12:11)
  3. What you have done secretly will be done before all of Israel.  (2 Samuel 12:12)
  4. Because David had repented, then God would not require David's death. (2 Samuel 12:13)
  5. However, the act of David was blasphemy against God's enemies so the child of the adultery would not survive.  (2 Samuel 12:14)
    (a) See the topic on Age of Accountability for information to know that the child did die but went to be with God.

There are also much more from the fulfillment of King David stating the "man" in the Prophet Nathan's story should be repaid four-fold.

   
   
   
   

The scriptural obseved consequences were

Role in the Preparing the Temple

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Future Role in the Millennial Kingdom

In Ezekiel 37:24-28, the scripture lets us know that King David will have a place and role in the 1000 Millennial Kingdom.  He will be a prince over the nation of Israel, under Jesus Christ.

Ezekiel 37:24 24  My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. 25 They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. 27 My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. 28 And the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.
Acts 2:22-36  

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Overall Analysis of King David compared with King Saul

At the end of King David's life, the following statements could be stated:
  1. He was an utter failure as a King and Executive over the nation.
  2. He would not be the man that any of us would use in the scriptures to exemplify, nor a man that we should look to for guidance except in one area.
  3. He ended up being a man that was what all of us should exemplify on how he turned his life around.

God can raise up stones from the ground as human servants to be His servant, but God desires a relationship with us.  David asked for a new Heart and fellowship with God, which was one part of David's repentance, trust that lead to justification, and ending his reign over Israel with examples of what we should all do as sinners.

Psalm 51:10 clean
2 Samuel 6:14  
Luke 19:40 stone

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At the end of King Saul's life, the following statements could be stated:

 

What to read next?

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