Shmuel

1) David did ashes ish with Batsheva
2) The child might not know who his father was and therefore not know his yichus. He might end up marrying his sister because of this.
3) David murdered Uriah
4) David murdered all those who followed Uriah in battle
5) David took Batsheva immediately afterwards because he still desired her and it was inappropriate for all to see such a great person to succumb to his desires

Malbim

1) David did not do aishet ish because…
· Everyone had to get a Get before their husbands went to war and for sure Batsheva got one because her husband was one of the geborim of David and her grandfather Achitofel, David’s advisor, instituted the whole Get thing. Even if it was a Get Al Tinay, David could have sent Uriah away and he would have never come back.
· They wouldn’t have gotten married if their relationship was asur
· David wouldn’t have davened for the child if it was a mamzer
· Hashem wouldn’t have accepted his Tesuvah, which he did and David found out from Nasan Ha’Navi.
· He wouldn’t have been able to do teshuvah while she was still living with him.
· Hashem would never call Shlomo Yedidya if he came from an asur relationship
· David wouldn’t have been worrying about whether she was a nidah or not if there was a question of aishes ish

2) There would be no problem with the child’s yishus because…
· David would know and he would tell the child when the time was appropriate and the child would know not to marry his sister
· They couldn’t send Bathseva away because she was an Isha Chashuva and and people would notice that she was missing
· David then had to choose whether he would cause a Chilul Hashem by telling everyone what he did or to do the chait of Aishes Ish by sending Uriah back to Batsheva, and he chose to do aishet ish because chilul Hashem is horrible. But Uirah did not want to go back so David was fine.

3) David did not murder Uriah because…
· Uriah was Chayav Misah for three things
A. He didn’t go back to his wife when David told him to go. He said that while the Aron was in a hut at war and his fellow giborim were out in the fields he wouldn’t go and enjoy himself. But it is a mitzvah to go back to your wife after a long trip. Uriah said that you’re not allowed when the Aron is at war. Really, the Halacha only applies when the Luchos are in the Aron and when the king is at war, which neither was.
B. He rejected the meal that David sent him. David knew that Uriah wanted to go back to the war, so he said you cold go back tomorrow, assuming that Uirah would relax once he knew he was going to return. But he didn’t. So David tried to get him drunk, but he refused.
C. He called Yoav his master, not David’s servant.

4) David did not murder those who followed Uriah because…
· David was specific with his words to put Uriah in the front lines. David did not create this war to kill Uriah. He didn’t even put Uriah in an abnormal place. The giborim usually went in the front lines. David didn’t say to put him in a place that he would be specifically hurt.
· David couldn’t kill him by Sanhedrin because he’d then have to take Batsheva right away because she was pregnant and it would look like he killed Uriah in order to marry Bathseva.
· Uriah died a natural war death. Also, he went within the one mile of a city wall limit, where soldiers usually did not go because they were easy targets. Uriah went without Yoav’s permission, so David definitely did not cause his death or those who followed.

5) David did not look bad in the eyes of the people because…
· Bathseva called Uriah her “baalah”, a term of position, not like “isha” a term of relationship. She was not emotionally connected to Uirah.
· After Uriha died it was an appropriate thing for David to marry Bathseva because Uriah was his gibor. This only looked bad in the eyes of Hashem because David caused this whole situation to be mentioned in the list of Elokei Avraham, Yitzchak, v’Yaakov.