And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.” 2 SAMUEL 24:14 Two sins. Ask a dozen average Bible readers what David’s greatest sin was, and most of them will say, “His adultery with Bathsheba.” That was indeed a great sin, a sudden, passionate sin of the flesh that caused five deaths—Bathsheba’s husband Uriah died, the baby died, and so did three of David’s other sons. But when