Originally posted by Sparko
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig
His life demonstrates that sexual sin doesn't sit by itself in a little box and not touch anything else in a leaders life; On the contrary, it co-occurred with the sins of the betrayal and murder of his subject, lead to the seduction of and betrayal of a husband by Bathsheba, and brought in a conspirator, Joab, who could be induced to sin likewise along with his king. David is opposed, vocally and directly, by a prophet who tells him that he will be held accountable for his crimes:
His sexual sin and violence were responsible for the death of two innocents, therefore: Uriah and David's own child with Bathsheba. David's decision to violate God's plan for marriage led his polygamy, which was partially responsible for incestuous rape, fratricide, civil war, the murder of his son by his earlier co-conspirator Joab, the polygamy of his heir, Solomon (a son of Bathsheba), the syncretic idolatry fostered in the harem and court, and the eventual split, destruction, and diaspora of Israel and Judah into slavery due to that idolatry. The Bible tells us that we can pass on a curse or blessing to our descendants; the narratives of Kings and Chronicles demonstrate that the residue of David's sins with Bathsheba was a plague on the nation.
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