When David heard this, his chest tightened. He called Uriah in. “You’ve come from a journey. Why didn’t you go down to your house?”
But the Lord saw.
The words were a blade. David’s mind, so sharp in battle, scrambled for an escape. He would craft a lie so simple, so human, that no one would suspect. He would make it appear that the child was Uriah’s own. samuel 11
Her name was Bathsheba. He learned that quickly enough from a servant. She was the daughter of Eliam, and the wife of Uriah the Hittite—one of his own elite soldiers, a loyal warrior even now camped before the gates of Rabbah. When David heard this, his chest tightened
And the thing David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord. Why didn’t you go down to your house