Bill Clinton, King David and Nathan the Prophet

“Then Nathan said to David: ‘You are the man!’ ” Thus the prophet Nathan rebuked David for his adultery with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:7).

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Jane Warwick Yoder and Edwin M. Yoder, Jr., “The Clintons Up Close,” The American Scholar, Autumn 2012.