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2 Samuel 11,12 – David and Amon
Compare David and Amnon
- Both David and Amnon want what is not theirs to have.
- Both Bathsheba and Tamar are beautiful.
- Both David and Amnon use “advisors.”
- Both stories involve a bed: David rises from his bed and Amnon lies on his bed.
- Both women are sent for.
- Both stories have David angry
- Both stories have drinking and murder.
- Both stories have David’s sons dead.
- Both stories have David mourning his sons.
- Both stories end with a comment about going to a son.
With so many similarities, maybe Bathsheba is not as guilty as we often make her out to be.
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