About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

8/20/2023

2 Samuel 11:1-27 David Sees Bathsheba & Desires Her

 

David Sees Bathsheba & Desires Her

2 Samuel 11:1-27       The Book of 2 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

It [happened,] after the [year's end, a.k.a. in the Spring,] at the time when [the] kings go [out] to battle, David sent Joab, & his servants & all [of] Israel with him; & they destroyed the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon, & [attacked] Rabbah.

But David still [waited] at Jerusalem. It [happened,] in [the evening,] that David arose from his bed, & walked upon the roof [top] of the king’s house. And from the roof [top,] [David] saw a woman washing herself; & [she] was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent & [inquired about] the woman. 

[Someone] said, Isn't this BathSheba, [Eliam’s] daughter, & the wife of Uriah, the Hittite? And David sent messengers [to get] her & [they] took her; & [BathSheba] came to [David,] & he lay [intimately] with her, for she was [cleansed from] her [monthly] uncleanness, & she returned to her house.

And [she became pregnant,] & sent & told David, saying, I’m [pregnant.] And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah, the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. And when Uriah [came] to him, David demanded [to know from] him how Joab & the people [were] [doing,] & how the war [progressed.]

And David said to Uraiah, Go down to your house, & wash your feet. And Uriah [left] the king’s house, & [he] [was] followed [by a gift] of meat, [a.k.a. food,] from the king. But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, [a.k.a. David,] & [didn’t go] down to his house.

And when they had told David, saying, Uriah [didn’t go] down to his house, David said to Uriah, [Didn’t] you [just] [come] from your journey? Then, why [didn’t you] go down [into] your house? And Uriah said, The Ark, Israel, & Judah [all] [stay] in tents. And my lord, Joab, & [his] servants, are encamped in the open fields.

[Should] I then go into [my] [own] house to: eat, drink, & lie with my wife? As you [live,] & as your soul [lives, a.k.a. is alive,] I won’t do this thing. And David said to Uriah, [Stay] here today, & also tomorrow. [Then,] I will let you depart. 

So, Uriah [stayed] in Jerusalem that day, & the [next.] When David had called him, [Uriah ate & drank in front of] David & [David] made [Uriah] drunk. At [evening Uriah] went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but [didn’t] go down to his house. 

It [happened] in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, & sent it [in] [Uriah’s] hand. [David] wrote in the letter, [& said, You [are to] [put] Uriah in the [front] of the hottest battle, & [withdraw yourself] from him, [so] that he may be [struck down,] & die. 

And it [happened,] when Joab observed the city, he assigned Uriah to a place he knew that valiant men were. And the men of the city went out, & fought with Joab, & some of the servants of David fell, [a.k.a. died,] there, & Uriah, the Hittite, also died.

Then, Joab sent & [had] David told [everything about] the war. And [Joab] charged the messenger saying, When you [finish] telling the matters of the war to the king, if [it's] so that the king’s [anger rises,] & he [says] to you, [Why did] you [approach] so [close] to the city when you [fought?] [Didn’t] you [know] that they would shoot from the wall? 

Who [killed] Abimelech, the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman [throw] [down] a piece of millstone upon him from the wall, & he died in Thebez? Why [did] you [go] [so] [close to] the wall? Then you say, Your servant, Uriah, the Hittite, is also dead. 

So, the messenger went & came [to] David, & [declared] all Joab had sent him [to say.] And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us, & came out to us into the field, & we were upon them even to the gate [entrance.] 

And the [archers] shot off the wall [at] your servants; & some of the king's servants [are] dead, & your servant, Uriah, the Hittite, is also dead. Then, David said to the messenger, You [shall] say [this] to Joab, [Don’t] let this thing displease you, for the sword [devours] one [just] as well as another.

Make your battle [stronger] against the city, & overthrow it: & you, encourage [Joab.] And when [Uriah’s] wife heard that her husband, Uriah, was dead, [BathSheba] mourned for her husband. 

And when the mourning was [over,] David sent & [had] her [brought] to his house, & she became his wife. And [BathSheba] [bore David] a son, but [what] David had done displeased the Lord.