>has sex with a married woman
>recalls her husband from war to try and make him have sex with her so nobody realizes the affair
>her husband feels too ashamed to allow himself to relax while his fellow soldiers are still suffering in the field
>King David has him murdered in combat instead and marries his wife
Why is this guy represented as the perfect King, again?
>humans are fallible
>God recognizes this and admonishes our sins but loves us despite them
color me shocked
>>9702750
oy vey you anti-semite! king david(pbuh) was one of the greatest kings in all of human history!
>>9702774
>David does all this and gets away with a dead newborn and contention in his family
>Random priest reflexively touches ark of God to stabilize it while it's being transported and gets killed instantly by God
Trying to interpret religion literally .. lol. Why is it a pastime on /lit/ to parade one's autism and inability to view things in anything but the most literal way?
>>9702750
You do realize that his entire kingdom came inches from absolute destruction as a result of this act?
ie. he still had to do some serious repenting toward God in order not to literally lose everything he had