Episode #40 – Not What It Looks Like: 2 Samuel 11–12
Episode Summary:
Jen Wilkin, JT English, Kyle Worley discuss the story of David and Bathsheba and some of the dominant ways it’s misunderstood today.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
The story of David and Bathsheba in 2 Sam. 11-13. Let’s retell the story up to this point, what’s been happening?
(2 Sam. 11:1-5) David is in Jerusalem, but his armies are out at battle and David goes up to his roof and sees a woman bathing. Most will stop here and say that this woman is flaunting her business, is that what is really going on?
Why didn’t she just say no?
Isn’t David a man after God’s own heart, how does this square with that?
Let’s talk about Nathan’s rebuke of David: What is going on here and why is it significant?
What are we to learn from this story?
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
2 Samuel 11-13, Genesis 3, James 1:14-15
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