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<category>Guilty of Adultery and Murder
 
<category>Guilty of Adultery and Murder
 
<p>David sinned egregiously, committing both adultery and murder.</p>
 
<p>David sinned egregiously, committing both adultery and murder.</p>
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RadakShemuelII11-2-4" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakShemuelII11-2-4" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 11:2-4</a><a href="RadakShemuelII12-9-13" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 12:9-13</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>,&#160;<multilink><a href="RYosefKaraShemuelII12" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Kara</a><a href="RYosefKaraShemuelII11-3" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 11:3</a><a href="RYosefKaraShemuelII12" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 12:8-11</a><a href="R. Yosef Kara" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Kara</a></multilink>, <a href="AbarbanelShemuelII11" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a></mekorot>
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<mekorot><multilink><a href="BavliYoma22b" data-aht="source">Bavli Yoma</a><a href="BavliYoma22b" data-aht="source">Yoma 22b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakShemuelII11-2-4" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakShemuelII11-2-4" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 11:2-4</a><a href="RadakShemuelII12-9-13" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 12:9-13</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefKaraShemuelII12" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Kara</a><a href="RYosefKaraShemuelII11-3" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 11:1-15</a><a href="RYosefKaraShemuelII12" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 12:8-11</a><a href="R. Yosef Kara" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Kara</a></multilink>, <a href="AbarbanelShemuelII11" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a></mekorot>
 
<point><b>"וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד וַיִּדְרֹשׁ לָאִשָּׁה"</b></point>
 
<point><b>"וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד וַיִּדְרֹשׁ לָאִשָּׁה"</b></point>
 
<point><b>Batsheva's role</b></point>
 
<point><b>Batsheva's role</b></point>
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</category>
 
</category>
 
<category>Not Guilty of Adultery or Murder
 
<category>Not Guilty of Adultery or Murder
<p><multilink><a href="BavliShabbat56a-56b" data-aht="source">Bavli Shabbat</a><a href="BavliShabbat56a-56b" data-aht="source">Shabbat 56a-56b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RidShemuelII12-4" data-aht="source">Rid</a><a href="RidShemuelII12-4" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 12:4</a><a href="R. Yeshayah of Trani (Rid)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yeshayah of Trani</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="MalbimShemuelII11" data-aht="source">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimShemuelII11" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 11</a><a href="MalbimShemuelII12" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 12</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Meir Leibush Weiser</a></multilink></p>
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<p><multilink><a href="BavliShabbat56a-56b" data-aht="source">Bavli Shabbat</a><a href="BavliShabbat56a-56b" data-aht="source">Shabbat 56a-56b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RidShemuelII12-4" data-aht="source">Rid</a><a href="RidShemuelII12-4" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 12:4</a><a href="R. Yeshayah of Trani (Rid)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yeshayah of Trani</a></multilink>, R. Yaakov Fidanque, <multilink><a href="MalbimShemuelII11" data-aht="source">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimShemuelII11" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 11</a><a href="MalbimShemuelII12" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 12</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Meir Leibush Weiser</a></multilink>,&#160;</p>
 
<mekorot>Though David's actions deserved a measure of censure, he did not violate the Biblical prohibitions of adultery or murder.</mekorot>
 
<mekorot>Though David's actions deserved a measure of censure, he did not violate the Biblical prohibitions of adultery or murder.</mekorot>
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<point><b>Divorced status</b> – According to these sources, in David's era anyone who went to battle divorced their wives to prevent them from becoming a "chained woman" (עגונה) if the soldier were not to return.&#160; The sources disagree regarding whether the status is conferred only retroactively, if the husband never returnshome, or if upon leaving to war the marriage is already dissolved.&#160; heva</point>
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<point><b>"וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד וַיִּדְרֹשׁ לָאִשָּׁה"</b></point>
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<point><b>Batsheva's role</b></point>
 
</category>
 
</category>
 
<category>Guilty of Murder but not Adultery
 
<category>Guilty of Murder but not Adultery

Version as of 10:21, 19 March 2017

David and Batsheva

Exegetical Approaches

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Guilty of Adultery and Murder

David sinned egregiously, committing both adultery and murder.

"וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד וַיִּדְרֹשׁ לָאִשָּׁה"
Batsheva's role
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לְאוּרִיָּה רֵד לְבֵיתְךָ
וַאדֹנִי יוֹאָב
Natan's parable
Punishment
חָטָאתִי לַי"י
רַק בִּדְבַר אוּרִיָּה הַחִתִּי
How can David stay married to Batsheva?
Why did he merit dynastic rule?

Not Guilty of Adultery or Murder

Bavli ShabbatShabbat 56a-56bAbout the Bavli, RidShemuel II 12:4About R. Yeshayah of Trani, R. Yaakov Fidanque, MalbimShemuel II 11Shemuel II 12About R. Meir Leibush Weiser

Sources:Though David's actions deserved a measure of censure, he did not violate the Biblical prohibitions of adultery or murder.
Divorced status – According to these sources, in David's era anyone who went to battle divorced their wives to prevent them from becoming a "chained woman" (עגונה) if the soldier were not to return.  The sources disagree regarding whether the status is conferred only retroactively, if the husband never returnshome, or if upon leaving to war the marriage is already dissolved.  heva
"וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד וַיִּדְרֹשׁ לָאִשָּׁה"
Batsheva's role

Guilty of Murder but not Adultery

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