2 Samuel 11:27

Fetched her. As soon as the period of mourning was over David sent for Bath-sheba, that she might become his wife. There is no evidence of any reluctance on her part to join the king’s harem.

Displeased the Lord. A great change had come over David. He was not the same David who, as a fugitive from Saul, refused to lift up his hand against “the Lord’s anointed” (1 Sam. 24:6, 10). Sin had seared his conscience as he had gone on from adultery to deceit and murder, and it now appears that he even hoped to be allowed to reap the reward of his iniquities without rebuke from God. But God had seen all.

Satan endeavors to conceal from men the terrible results of transgression, making them believe that sin will bring increased happiness and greater rewards. Thus he beguiled Eve, and thus he has seduced men through all the ages. But the Lord in His kindness allows men to see that the results of sin are not increased prosperity and happiness, but misery, woe, and death. His restraining hand would be withdrawn from David, and the king would be permitted to taste the bitter fruits of sin. He would learn to know that the pathway to true happiness could not be found in disobedience. Those who seek their own pleasure by following a path that displeases the Lord, may be certain that they will ultimately reap disappointment, bitterness, and woe.