BRAGADAYJAH 934
The Lure of a Beautiful Woman
The noun man is used a lot today. “Hey man,” “Yes man,” “no man,” and
so on. Apparently when Adam saw Eve, his
first reaction was, “wow man!” Mark Anthony had a beautiful wife and marriage
until he saw Cleopatra; and of course Romeo loved Juliette. And yes even David,
a man of God’s own heart, was enthralled and taken in by the sight of a
beautiful woman. So the bible tells us that one evening king David climbed up
unto the roof of his house, and from there he saw a woman bathing herself and
of course she was very beautiful. “Wow
man,” David said to one of his servants, “Who is she?” He was told that her name was Bathsheba (Bath’
she ba)! How cryptic! She taking a bath.
Anyway, David was told up front that she
was the daughter of Eliam, and the wife of one Uriah the Hittite. At that
stage, hearing she was a married woman, David should have backed off. But he didn’t. He sent a messenger with orders to take her
to him, and David laid with her; and after she conceived; and after that she
informed David that she was with child. Upon learning that the woman was
pregnant, he decided to go further. He sent and told Joab, his commander in
chief to send Uriah to him and Joab did so and Uriah came to David. And David started light conversation with
Uriah, asking him how was Joab? How were the people, the war and so forth? Then David told Uriah to go down to the house
and wash his feet and he did so; and David ordered a feast for him. And that night, no doubt drunk from the king’s
wine, he slept with the king’s messengers and did not go to his own house.
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