This week on edJEWcation, we dive into one of the most famous and scandalous stories in the entire Bible: King David, Bathsheba, and Uriah. Was David guilty of adultery, deception, and murder? Or was he fulfilling a divine destiny with Bathsheba? The Rabbi breaks down the clash between text, commentary, and morality, while Jay and ChayaLeah wrestle with the very human side of the story.
We cover:
Why this episode of David’s life would never make it into a fourth-grade Hebrew school curriculum
Whether power corrupted Israel’s greatest king or if he was simply following the “letter of the law”
Why Uriah the Hittite might be the unsung hero of the story
How this cautionary tale shaped Solomon’s birth and the future of the Davidic line
And what it means when even the Bible’s greatest figures can fail so spectacularly
It’s love, lust, power, politics—and a reminder that nobody, not even a king, is above God’s law.
