And it came to pass in an evening tide, that David arose from off his
bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he
saw a young woman washing herself, and the woman was very beautiful to
look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman: and one said,
Is not this Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, _the wife of Uriah the
Hittite_. And David sent messengers and took her; and she came in unto
him _and he lay with her_, (for she was purified from her uncleanness,)
and she returned unto her house. And the woman conceived and sent
and told David, and said, _I am with child_. And David sent to Jacob,
saying. Send me Uriah the Hittite, And Joab sent Uriah to David. 2 Sam.
xi. 2 to 6.
[The story then proceeds to represent David, _the man after God's own
heart_, as endeavoring to cajole the poor cuckold Uriah. But he returns
to the war without visiting his wife, and David sends a letter with him
to Joab, in which letter he orders Joab to place Uriah in the front of
the battle, _and then leave him so that he might he killed_. Joab obeys
his orders Uriah is slaughtered, and he then takes Bathsheba his wife
and marries her in order that he might continue to gratify his lust upon
her!]
158. And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of
Achish the king of Gath. And he changed his behavior before them, _and
feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the
gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard_. 1 Sam. xxi. 12, 13.
159. Wherefore David arose, and went, he and his men, and slew of the
Philistines two hundred men; and _David brought their foreskins_, and
they gave them in full tale to the king, _that he might be the king's
son-in-law_; and Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 1 Samuel
xviii. 27.
160. Now King David was old, and stricken in years, and they covered him
with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him,
Let there be sought for my lord the king, _a young virgin, and let her
stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy
bosom_, that my lord the king may get heat. So they sought for a
fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a
Shunamite, and brought her to the king. And the damsel was very fair,
_and cherished the king, and ministered to him_, but the king _knew her
not_. 1 King i. 1 to 4.
161. And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and took it. And he took their king's crown from off
his head, (the weight whereof was a talent of gold, with the precious
stones.) and it was set on David's head, and he brought forth the spoil
of the city in great abundance. And he brought forth the people that
were therein, _and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and
under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln; and thus
did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon_. So David and all
the people returned unto Jerusalem. 2 Samuel xii. 29 to 31.
162. And behold (says David in his _dying moments_ to his son Solomon,)
thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, of Bahurim,
which cursed me with a grievous curse, in the day when I went to
Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at Jordan, _and I sware to him
by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword_. Now
therefore hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and knowest
what thou oughtest to do unto him; _but his hoary head bring thou down
to the grave with blood_. 1 Kings ii. 8, 9.