The Bible is filled with characters, even heroic ones, who seem to fall short of the mark.
In some cases, the Rabbis were courageously open about criticizing the heroes of the Bible, claiming that their sin.
However even in cases where the biblical text withholds criticism, the Rabbis were acutely aware of these apparent failings.
In some cases their apparent sins are not even recorded as violations.
David, Joshua, and Elijah are some of the characters that appear to blatantly break Torah law.
The Bible is filled with characters, even heroic ones, who seem to fall short of the mark