so what does he do? he calls joab, the commander of his army, and he orders him to send uriah at the battlefield and have everyone else withdraw and leave him vulnerable. >> and then all of the enemy fire is focused on uriah, and of course he gets killed in battle. and then david gets to paint himself as consoling the mourning widow, bathsheba. so david orders what is essentially the murder of her husband in battle. >> it's this immense moral failing that is right at the center of the story of david. >> and it's the beginning of his downfall as king of israel.