2 Samuel 10 & 11, Lusting after a woman is NOT what you think; watch and see it explained. 2023

This chapter records David's conflict with the Ammonites and the Arameans. This conflict is mentioned in 2 Sam. 8:12.

2 Sam 8:12
from Aram and Moab and the sons of Ammon and the Philistines and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
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David sent servants to Hanun, the new king of Ammon, and they are treated shamefully. It is likely that Hanun wanted to provoke war early in David's reign because he thought his chances were better at that time.

Chapter 11 tells of the sordid acts of David with Bathsheba. This sin haunts David the remainder of his life.

2 Sam 11:1
Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at
Jerusalem.

They went to battle in the spring. This was a good time because the weather was good and the available provisions from the harvests were plentiful. It was when he sent Joab out to battle and stayed home that his problems began.

2 Sam 11:3
So David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"

This brings into question when the sin of David occurred. Did he sin in desiring the woman? I don't think so at all. Men do desire women. Elohim created man that way and that is what propagates mankind. David inquired about her meaning that he had a plan to take her. That is where the lust in his heart fermented into action. Yeshua tells us that if a man has lust in his heart, he is an adulterer.

Matt 5:27-28
“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’; 28but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

"Desire" is not the same thing as lust. Lust implies intentions. Once David intended to commit adultery with this woman whom he knew was married, he might as well have done it.