The episode of David and Batsheva illustrates the dilemma of the sins of Biblical figures in all its intensity and complexity. A plain reading of the chapter arouses great perplexity concerning David, the king chosen by God to establish the eternal royal house of Israel. How are we to reconcile God's positive attitude towards His chosen King throughout the grand sweep of the David narratives, with the straightforward meaning of the verses in chapters 11 and 12 on the other?

While opinions exist both in Chazal and amongst the medieval commentators that minimize David’s sin, those seeking to address this complex story on the plain level of the text are not deviating from the path of Chazal and of the great Jewish scholars of previous generations; on the contrary, they are continuing the central view amongst Chazal and the path adopted by many of the medieval commentators.

Sins of Biblical Figures
David's sin
Anyone who says... sinned is simply mistaken
Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion