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Hey, this is Shelby and CJ.

And we're glad that you've joined us for another episode of a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

We're walking through a couple of chapters that are difficult today.

In 2nd Samuel, chapters 10 through 12, we have David.

He's been anointed as king.

He's taken the throne as king.

We just talked through the Davidic covenant, a very important moment in scripture in our last episode.

What's next?

Things are going really, really well.

So we can probably anticipate that something is going to go a little wrong.

Yeah. That's sort of the, just the beats of the Old Testament.

And a new king arises for the Ammonites and doesn't have as good of a relationship with David.

So there's sort of a war that breaks out between the Ammonites and the Israelites.

And this is the fight that continues through Second Samuel 11, which is when we get to the famous David and Bathsheba episode, which is obviously a very famous story from the life of David.

Yeah, it's really, really well known. And it's not a shining moment for David.

Exactly right. Yeah. Exactly right. And this literally changes the entire trajectory of the rest of Samuel, as we'll see.

So while all the men are out fighting David's battles, he hangs back at home, which is already a sign that something's going to go bad. It's like, why aren't you also fighting?

He sees Bathsheba bathing as the story goes. He calls for her to come visit him. They sleep together. She becomes

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