2nd Samuel 12:11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
In other words, God’s mitigation of the issue would act as a serious deterrent to anyone contemplating acts of sexual misconduct, because if He were to let it slide, without saying, or doing something, there would be other potential sex offenders waiting in the wings, for their opportune moment to arrive…. 2nd Samuel 12:12 For thou did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
2nd Samuel 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon…. [Patriarchs & prophets pp 720] For the sake of Israel also there was a necessity for God to interpose. As time passed on, David’s sin toward Bathsheba became known, and suspicion was excited that he had planned the death of Uriah.
David’s sin misrepresented the character of God and cast reproach upon His name. It tended to lower the standard of godliness in Israel, to lessen in many minds the abhorrence of sin; while those who did not love and fear God were by it emboldened in transgression.
2nd Samuel 12:11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!