“Uriah the Hittite”

August 24, 2018

“Uriah the Hittite”

Blessings folk!

David had received word from Bathsheba.

She was pregnant.

The child was his.

What to do now?

David never lacked for a plan…

 2Sa 11:6-13

Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

When Uriah came to him,
David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war.

Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.”
And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and a present from the king was sent out after him.

But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord,
and did not go down to his house.

Now when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”

Uriah said to David,
“The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”

Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go.”
So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk;
and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lord’s servants,
but he did not go down to his house.


David sent for Uriah.

Uriah was a Hittite - not of the line of the Hebrews.

David feigned interest in the welfare of Joab, the soldiers and the state of war.

David then encouraged Uriah to go home.

Uriah refused to do so.

Uriah showed far more integrity than David.

Uriah refused to partake of the pleasures of home while his men were in battle.

Little did he know that the pleasures of his home had been coopted.

But, David had another agenda - plausible deniability.

If he could get Uriah to go home, then it could be said the child was his.

David tried again…plan B.
Made him stay longer.
Got Uriah drunk.

Still, Uriah would not compromise.

Both times Uriah slept on the porch with the servants.

He refused to go home.

This struck fear into David.
This struck anger into David.

David decided a more aggressive approach was required…

Covering sin…rather than repentance…will lead deeper and deeper in the hole….

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