Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B

July 25, 202`1

Comments and Illustrations by John Fairless

2 Samuel 11:1-15

• Oh, Lordy mercy… what can we say about David and Bathsheba? The details of the story are pretty well-known, and the text speaks for itself with regard to the dramatic flow.

• If you have been working with the Samuel texts throughout the season, there is likely already an expectation of David’s comi…