# Week 4: King David Sins

**Title:** King David Sins

**Objective:**

- Sin and what leads to it
- Sin and how it snowballs
- Sin and its consequences
- No one is above sin
- David's strength is in his repentance
- "For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole" Job 5:18

**Resources:**

- [Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary](https://1drv.ms/b/s!AgFZ7_O8DQBnhlBGMjOrqf9pBUaC?e=098XhH)
- [Catena Bible Commentary](https://catenabible.com/2sm/1)
- [Fr Dawoud Lamie Bible study (Arabic)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvMAQ886ucevFh13c_VBT5KIl1g3Ark95)

**Reading:**

- <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 Samuel 1-3"}">General</span>
    - <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"2 Samuel 11-12"}">2 Samuel 11-12</span>
- <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 Samuel 1-3"}">Specific</span>
    - <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 Samuel 1-3"}">Read and explain 2 Samuel 11 (David's sin)</span>
    - <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 Samuel 1-3"}">Read and explain 2 Samuel 12:1-15 (David's confession)</span>
    - <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 Samuel 1-3"}">Read and explain 2 Samuel 12:16-25 (One son dies, another is born)</span>
    - <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 Samuel 1-3"}">Summarize 2 Samuel 12:26-31 (The fight against Rabbah)</span>

**Key verse(s):**

<span class="text 2Sam-12-13" id="bkmrk--0"></span>

- <span class="text 2Sam-12-13" id="bkmrk-%22so-david-said-to-na">"So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the <span class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.” a</span><span class="text 2Sam-12-13">nd Nathan said to David, “The <span class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> also has put away your sin; you shall not die. " 2 Samuel 12:13</span>

**Comments:**

**Review questions:**

1. How did Uriah prove that he was faithful to the Lord and to his master, David?
2. Why did David ask Joab to set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting?
3. How did David respond to Nathan’s story?
4. How did God punish David for his sin with Uriah’s wife?
5. What was David’s mistake that the Lord hated the most?
6. What is the general consequence of trying to hide sin? Prove this from this chapter?
7. What was God’s punishment to David?
8. How did David explain to his servants what he did before and after the death of his son from  
    Bathsheba?

**Homework:**

1. Bathsheba was the wife of: a) Joab b) Benaiah c) Abishai d) Uriah
2. What happened to Uriah?  
    a) David had him killed b) David had him promoted c) he escaped d) he became a commander
3. What became of David’s first son with Bathsheba?  
    a) he became king b) he died while young c) he was a leper d) he was chief of the army
4. Which prophet condemned David? a) Gad b) Michah c) Nathan d) Samuel
5. What did David do to Bathsheba after the death of her husband?
6. What was God’s reaction to what David did with Bathsheba and Uriah?
7. Who sent Nathan to David?
8. What happened to the child that was born to David from Uriah’s wife?