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Uriah the Hittite

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Uriah the Hittite
while he is at war, his wife sleeps with David. [O.T.: II Samuel 11:6]
See : Cuckoldry
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For example, the Jericho spies enter a brothel and Achan the Israelite steals booty, but Rahab the Canaanite displays fidelity; David lies, commits adultery, and murders, but Uriah the Hittite follows the rules of both Holy War and personal conscience; the elders of Judith's Bethulia display a weak faith while Achan the Ammonite (
Roland Murphy, The Pontifical Biblical Commission, Jews, and the Bible by Levine, Amy-Jill / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Uriah the Hittite, and the bad thing, about which God always reminded him, which caused him to cause Uriah to be killed in battle so he might make off with his widow.
The death of a paradigm by Gomes, Peter J. / Currents in Theology and Mission
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