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By June Hunt, Op-ed contributor

Editor's Note:  This is the first installment of a special series on adultery for the column "Counseling Corner." 

When you think about "King David," what words come to mind?

For starters, how about: bold risk taker, popular leader, military hero. All true ... but precisely which King David are we referring to?

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Realize, many Iraqis admiringly called General David Petraeus – "King David."

In truth, many similarities can be drawn between the American General David Petraeus and the Israelite king. Tragically, the most prominent and striking parallel in today's headlines is not the heralded public victories, but the hidden personal defeat – the moral defeat of adultery.

Israel's King David was the respected leader of his people