My shame - Better, “my reproach.” Compare to Genesis 30:23, Genesis 34:14, and 1 Samuel 11:2.

Speak to the k…

Speak unto the king. —The marriage of half-brothers and sisters was strictly forbidden in the Law ([Reference Leviticus 1…

And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go ?
&c.] She desires him to consider her reputation, which would be lost; …

Henceforth, David was followed by one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins. Similar sins among his children were the beginn…