Many people imagine they’re immune to infidelity’s seduction, but they are not. King David was “a man after [God’s] own heart” (1 Sam 13:14), “who found favor in the sight of God” (Acts 7:46), and who composed half of the Psalms—if he was not exempt from the allure of adultery, then we are not either.
Adultery is not solely sexual. The dynamics of this are illustrated well in the story of David and Bathsheba.1 Here, Scripture opens the door wide and invites the wise to heed three warning signs (1 Sam 11–12).
Watch Out for Distance and Apathy
The narrator wastes no time diving immediately into the drama. From the very first verse, we see clouds forming on the horizon.
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 ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. (2 Sam 11:1)
The fact that David remained in Jerusalem at the time when kings go out to battle foreshadows what’s to come. It reveals that something has changed for David. Once, he was a king who actively cared for
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