Although David did not murder Uriah by his own hand, the two
sins he committed in the Bathsheba affair are generally described
in commentary tradition as adultery and murder.
Pat Hollahan
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>
> In a message dated 01/09/2000 9:47:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > If so, is it possible that the adultery and murder
> > committed by King David were mistakenly attributed to St. John on the
> > grounds
> > that both were golden-tongued? I say this with absolutely no
> > confidence--pure speculation and nothing but!
>
> He didn't exactly commit a murder--simply ordered that Uriah be sent to the
> most dangerous position (2 Samuel 11.15). A lot of times, it's better to
> actually read the Biblical material before one "speculates" on what it says,
> as I think you might be realizing.
>
> Why is it important to you to prove similarities between David and John, and
> what are you going to do if they don't exist?
>
> pat
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