Once there was a rich man and a poor man. The poor man had nothing but one lamb, but he loved it much more than the rich man loved any of the many sheep he had. When a traveler came and stayed with the rich man, the rich man needed a sheep to make a meal for the traveler. But instead of using one of his own sheep, the rich man stole the poor man’s lamb. King David said the rich man should be killed, and be forced to give the poor man four new lambs.
The end.
Interpretation
Uriah had only one wife, but he loved her much more than King David loved any of the many women he had. When David wanted to have sex, instead of doing one of his own wives or girlfriends, he stole Uriah’s wife. God said David should be punished… but then instead of killing David and then making him give dead Uriah four new wives, God decided to keep killing random members of David’s family, forever.
The moral of the story
Don’t let any of your distant ancestors sin, or God might kill you.