God was displeased with David for his disobedience and He sent Nathan, the Prophet to David. So, Nathan told David a story about a wealthy man and a poor man. The poor man had one sheep which he raised from a lamb and it had become almost like a family member. Meanwhile, there was a wealthy man that had many sheep. Along came a traveler and the wealthy man took the poor man’s sheep instead of one of his own, to feed the traveler. David was furious at the action of the wealthy man; but Nathan told David “You are the man!”
David had an affair with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, a soldier at the battlefront. To cover-up her pregnancy, David had Uriah placed in a position where Uriah would be killed by the enemy.
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