Problems with the tragedy of David and Bsth-sheba“In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they devastated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem” (2 Samuel 11:1). Everyone knows the story of David and Bathsheba; David, God's chosen king of Israel, stays home from battle and commits adultery with the wives of one of his commanders, only to "inadvertently" end up causing the man's death to save face. This story shows its readers a new and dark side of the great king. If the Bible had not been a book from God, but instead written to magnify man, this tragic story would likely have been carefully edited or omitted entirely. But this is not so, the Bible is the word of God and this tragedy has been maintained for a reason. David, a man to be reckoned after God's own heart (1 Sam. 13:14; Acts 13:22), and arguably the greatest hero of Jewish history, falls into temptation and a spiral of sin. There are many lessons that can be learned from this story, such as: the utter cowardice of our hearts, the horrible consequences...