David committed a seemingly inconsequential sin by sending
condolences to Ammon, with whom the Torah prohibits friendly relations.
Ammon’s humiliation of David’s servants leads to a war, which his officer Uriah
is sent out to fight. With Uriah away from home, David succumbs to the
temptation to have an affair with his wife, then cover for the sin by having
Uriah (and some bystanders) killed in battle. So a small failure cascaded
into a great one, and David is cursed to spend the rest of his life living by
the sword because of it.
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