Biblical Hebrew Forum

["kenneth greifer" <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

Bill,

We don't know if King David told Uriah to go home to be with his wife 
euphemistically like you said because he wanted to kill Uriah someplace away 
from the other soldiers, or because he wanted Uriah to be with his wife to 
cover up her pregnancy by David. Since Uriah did not go home, we don't know 
what David would have done next.

I know that Nathan the prophet said that David sinned by taking Uriah's wife 
and having him killed, but I don't think it was considered adultery and 
murder technically because Uriah was a Hittite, and  they were not supposed 
to marry Hittites, but kill them. Maybe David sinned morally, by having a 
man killed for his wife, but not  legally, because he was allowed to kill 
the Hittite. Maybe that is why Psalm 51 says that David sinned in G-d's eyes 
because G-d knew he did it for the wrong reason.

Sincerely,

Kenneth Greifer

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