Sep 14, 2026 · 33 min · 9 segments
In this powerful continuation of our series on David, Pastor Jenell Coker examines 2 Samuel 11–12 and the story of David and Bathsheba with honesty and care. She challenges the familiar…
Janelle CokerHost
So if you, um, started off with us in our discussion five weeks ago, five weeks ago, um, you'll know that one of our questions is, was David really a God, or a man after God's own heart? And for one specific thing, should we cancel him? Do you remember that, for those of you that were here? And so today we're going to talk about that incident, the incident, um, titled David and Bathsheba.
And so because this is, uh, going to have some strong themes, I wanna provide a bit of a warning, and that is that we are going to be talking about non-consensual assault.
We're going to be talking about, um, murder and, uh, issues that may be difficult, especially if...
I don't see any kiddos in here, but if your kiddo decided to stay in, um, and you feel that that's something that they're not ready for, or if you personally are like, "You know what? I don't need to hear this today," it's okay.
I've put some adult coloring books back in the library that have beautiful pictures.
[laughs]
Um, so with that, I'd like to get started, and, uh, because as I said, we have a lot to go over.
So we are going to start in 2 Samuel, uh, chapter 11, and we're gonna go all the way through to mid chapter 12, so I'm not gonna read all of that to you.
As would have happened, um, at the time of that this story occurred, w- I am going to be doing it from the oral tradition, and I'm going to focus on the first five verses, but we're gonna go through all the way.
The David and Bathsheba story is really interesting because our Bibles, depending on the translation, have some really different terms used in our text.
And so today, I, for those terms, you may hear me use, like, three words to describe what happened or w- the meaning of that word, and I just wanna let you know I'm trying to use the Hebrew as closely as possible to what that text said so that we can get a good idea in our mind of what's going on.
So if you, um, started off with us in our discussion five weeks ago, five weeks ago, um, you'll know that one of our questions is, was David really a God, or a man after God's own heart? And for one specific thing, should we cancel him? Do you remember that, for those of you that were here? And so today we're going to talk about that incident, the incident, um, titled David and Bathsheba.
And so because this is, uh, going to have some strong themes, I wanna provide a bit of a warning, and that is that we are going to be talking about non-consensual assault.
We're going to be talking about, um, murder and, uh, issues that may be difficult, especially if...
I don't see any kiddos in here, but if your kiddo decided to stay in, um, and you feel that that's something that they're not ready for, or if you personally are like, "You know what? I don't need to hear this today," it's okay.
I've put some adult coloring books back in the library that have beautiful pictures.
[laughs]
Um, so with that, I'd like to get started, and, uh, because as I said, we have a lot to go over.
So we are going to start in 2 Samuel, uh, chapter 11, and we're gonna go all the way through to mid chapter 12, so I'm not gonna read all of that to you.
As would have happened, um, at the time of that this story occurred, w- I am going to be doing it from the oral tradition, and I'm going to focus on the first five verses, but we're gonna go through all the way.
The David and Bathsheba story is really interesting because our Bibles, depending on the translation, have some really different terms used in our text.
And so today, I, for those terms, you may hear me use, like, three words to describe what happened or w- the meaning of that word, and I just wanna let you know I'm trying to use the Hebrew as closely as possible to what that text said so that we can get a good idea in our mind of what's going on.
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