Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Why have you despised the LORD's commandment and done what is evil in his sight? You killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, took his wife to be your wife, and had him killed by the sword of the Ammonites.
God is confronting David through the prophet Nathan about his sins of adultery and murder, demanding to know why he chose to disobey God's commands.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative of 2 Samuel, King David had committed adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of his loyal soldiers, after seeing her bathing and succumbing to temptation. To cover up the affair and the pregnancy that resulted, David orchestrated Uriah's death by sending him to the front lines of battle against the Ammonites. Nathan the prophet is delivering this rebuke from God as part of a parable and direct confrontation to expose David's sin.
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