Appointed Time for Battle

II Samuel 11

vs.1 'And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle...'

I have never noticed this before! There was an appointed time for battle? Does that apply spiritually today? If that specific time were literal, I'd be in Spain or Morocco at the time of battle. :P

The rest of the chapter just makes me want to be angry at David, ha. It's crazy to think at first that such a man of God can be so lustful and deceitful. But then I think about it, and I remember how deceitful and desperately wicked our hearts are- my heart is. And I'm nothing compared to King David and all God did through Him! Also, Jesus came to save the sinners, the lost. I'm glad that David wasn't perfect. That he was far from perfect. And yet God used him mightily. And it's really a great story how God deals with his sin in Chapter 12.

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I DON'T GET II Sam 12:8. I don't get how many wives is okay. adsljershg. God says he gave David his master's house and his master's wives into his bosom, etc. GOD gave them. In the Bible it is written that if a man is married to more than one wife, he'll love one and hate the other. Neither is it blameless, as the bishops were called to be husband to one wife. Yet King David is allowed to be married to several? I mean, I know it doesn't apply to my life today very much due to the culture I'm living in, but still. ??? Also, Rom 7- women are adulterers if married to more than one husband. When did this law of multiple husbands/wives change? why? how...