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When this war was raging, David was at home. He sees a beautiful woman bathing – Bathsheba. David lies with her and makes her pregnant. To cover his sin, David tries to get Uriah to return home to lie with his wife, but he refuses while a military campaign is being waged, so David sends Uriah out in the vanguard of battle, where he dies. Bathsheba becomes David’s wife, but God is displeased with David.
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Nathan’s parable – a rich man with many flocks takes the sole lamb from a poor man to feed a traveller. Nathan points out the applicability of the story to David, and says that the sword shall never depart from David’s house. David repents, and is forgiven. Bathsheba’s child dies, but she fives birth to another son, Solomon. Israel conquers Rabbah, and puts the people to forced labour.
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Amnon, David’s son, becomes infatuated with Tamar, his half sister. Amnon’s friend Jonadab advises him to pretend to be ill, and make a request for Tamar to tend to him. Amnon does so, and rapes Tamar before dismissing her. Absalom, Tamar’s brother, has Amnon killed at a feast. Absalom flees to Geshur; David mourns.
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