2 Samuel 11:11 (ESV Strong's)
Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
Subject: Picture of Character
The story of David and Bethsheba (Uriah's wife) is as familiar as the story of David and Goliath. Here you have a king with a story of fame and a story of shame. When Uriah is off to war, David should have been with him. But, David stayed home and let others do the heavy lifting. This is a very weak time in David's leadership. He was neither were he needed to be (in the fight) and that idleness lead him to sin with another man's wife. When he attempts to cover it up by bring Uriah back from the fight and hoping he would, while home, go sleep with his wife, Uriah shows true Biblical Character. Uriah is a man of loyalty, ethics and responsibility. He does not succumb to David's plan and refuses to give himself pleasure while others are in the war. This is something David should have said when he saw Bathsheba taking a bath that on afternoon. David was not a man of character and Uriah remains true to the end (even when he is sent into a war hot-spot that was most surely going to kill him ... he was loyal to the end). Biblical character is not demonstrated in a person's position in life (David the King) but a person's consecration in life (Uriah's commitment to holiness). Uriah was the better leader and example of godliness in this story. David failed on so many fronts. This incident will prevent him, later, from building a temple of God. His lack of faith in God to meet is pleasure needs resulted in his diminished acts of service. Uriah is an example to us in the midst of David's shame.
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