2nd Book of Samuel 1-12

The second book of Samuel is basically the continuation of David´s story. It does thoug, concentrate more on the decisions he makes as a king instead of how he became one. The first major topics that come up are those of war, fight, and betrayal. David and his genral Joab, are in a fight against Ish-Bosheth and Abner. Abner betrays his leader and goes to David´s side but gets killed by Joab for having murdered his brother. This huge twist somehow ends up giving David victory over Ish-Bosheth, making him king of Israel.

Until now David might a like a very honorable person. He does good, he was chosen king for having a pure soul, and also goes well on the battlefield. It is in the second book of Samuel though, that David commits the terrible sin of adultry, disobeying one of God´s comandments. He sees a woman bathing and ends up sleeping with her. This is already bad enough, but it gets worse when he sends the woman´s husband to be killed at war. The bible states that David was married to a woman called Michal and I dont recall it ever mentioning a seperation between the two. As a king, you must a roll model and should not go around doing the wrong stuff. I wouldn´t be able to trust a leader who commits a sin like this. Nathan later relates that story with a parable about a wealthy man who steals a poor man’s only sheep.