David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Key Verse 27b 

“But the thing David had done displeased the LORD”

Read verses 1-5. What does David do instead of going off to battle against the Ammonites? (1)  When David gets up in the evening and walk around on the roof of the palace, what does he see? (2) Who is the beautiful woman David saw from the roof of the palace? (3)  What happens after David sends for her and what is the outcome of this event? (4, 5)  How might David feel when he hears the news from Bathsheba?

Read verses 6-13. When David learns that Bathsheba is pregnant, what does he do? (6-8))  How does Uriah respond to David telling him to go to his house? (9)  What is the reason Uriah gives David for not going home? (11)  What do you think we can learn from Uriah?  Upon hearing his reasons, what does David do? (12 13a)  What does Uriah do after he eats and drinks with David? (13b)

Read verses 14-21. What does David say in his letter to Joab? (14,15) What does Joab do? (16) What happens to Uriah? (17)  What does Joab tell his messenger to tell to David? (18-21)

Read verses 22-27. What does the messenger say to David about the battle?  (22-24) What does David tell the messenger to relay to Joab? (25)  How does Bathsheba respond to her husband’s death? (26)  What does David do after she mourns? (27a) How does God respond to what David had done? (27b)