2 Samuel 11 · Grade 3
What David Did Displeased the Lord
Read the Story
At the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and the army to fight the Ammonites. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
David saw a woman named Bathsheba. She was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of David's soldiers. David took her to his house, which was wrong.
David called Uriah home, but Uriah would not go to his own house while the army was camping in the field. So David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. It said to put Uriah where the battle was hottest. Uriah died. After Bathsheba mourned, David married her, and she had a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.
Memory Verse
“But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house.”
2 Samuel 11:9 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
Where did David stay during the war?
Who was Bathsheba?
Why would Uriah not go to his own house?
What did David's letter tell Joab?
How did the Lord feel about what David did?
David Sins
Write what happened in each box.
Word Search
Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.
- BATHSHEBA
- EVENING
- LETTER
- URIAH
- HOUSE
- WOMAN
- ROOF
- JOAB
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for seeing what I do. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- How can you stop a wrong choice before it grows bigger?
- How can you be honest right away instead of hiding a wrong?
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