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What You Need to Know About Bathsheba

April 28, 2015 by Dalaina May

What You Need to Know About Bathsheba

Like many other children raised in the church, I grew up hearing the famous stories of Scripture. Noah’s ark, Samson’s strength, and Gideon’s fleece colored my childhood imagination. From very early on I noticed that the women of the Bible, with the exceptions of Esther and Ruth, always seemed to have boring, sidekick roles to […]

Filed Under: General, women in the bible, women in the Old Testament Tagged With: Absalom, Adonijah, Ahithophel, David, Eliam, Lemuel, Nathan, Proverbs, Solomon, Uriah

The Women of Advent: Bathsheba

December 23, 2013 by Ariel Bartlett

The Women of Advent: Bathsheba

Like the other women of advent, Bathsheba also has a troubled past. And Bathsheba also acts righteously, though it’s a story we don’t often hear about. Opinions about Bathsheba tend to fall on a continuum between two extremes: 1) she was a temptress who seduced David, or 2) she was an innocent victim and David raped her. Whether one considers her guilty or innocent, Bathsheba was not in an easy position, as the law and culture were both stacked against her. On the one hand, to lie with David means committing adultery. On the other hand, not lying with him means refusing the king. Both courses of action were punishable by death.

Filed Under: Christmas, women in the bible, women in the Old Testament Tagged With: advent, Bathsheba, David, geneaology, Nathan, Solomon, Uriah

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