The story of David, Bathsheba, and David’s family from 2
Samuel 11-13 is a good example. David was king of Israel. He was
an effective leader who used his great military power to bring peace
to his nation, but his personal life was in shambles. He had a
wandering eye and liked what he saw in Bathsheba, so he sought
her out and committed adultery with her. He then tried to cover-up
the adultery by having her husband, Uriah, assigned to the front
lines of battle, where he was killed as expected. With her husband
out of the way, David married Bathsheba, and they had a son, but
the Lord made the son deathly sick and killed him as punishment
for David’s sin. Amnon, David’s first-born son (by another wife)
fell madly in love with Tamar (his half-sister, David’s daughter by
still another wife) and conspired with his cousin, Jonadab, to get her
into bed. When his plan didn’t work, he raped her and threw her out, destroying her chances of marrying because she was no longer
a virgin. This greatly angered Absalom, Tamar’s brother and
another of David’s sons, so he had his men get Amnon drunk and
kill him. Absalom then incited a rebellion against David, and on and
on.