This week on edJEWcation, we dive into one of the most famous and scandalous stories in the entire Bible: King David, Bathsheba, and Uriah. Was David guilty of adultery, deception, and murder? Or was he fulfilling a divine destiny with Bathsheba? The Rabbi breaks down the clash between text, commentary, and morality, while Jay and ChayaLeah wrestle with the very human side of the story.

We cover:

• Why this episode of David’s life would never make it into a fourth-grade Hebrew school curriculum

• Whether power corrupted Israel’s greatest king or if he was simply following the “letter of the law”

• Why Uriah the Hittite might be the unsung hero of the story

• How this cautionary tale shaped Solomon’s birth and the future of the Davidic line

• And what it means when even the Bible’s greatest figures can fail so spectacularly

It’s love, lust, power, politics—and a reminder that nobody, not even a king, is above God’s law.