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I don't know. I do know that in the ancient world, if the king asked for something he got it. And women were believed to be on as similar level to dogs. So, I don't think she had much say in the matter. I'm not saying she's completely innocent, but King David is certainly the instigator of this thing. And as king, he got what he wanted. Bathsheba.
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That's where people bathed, on their rooftops. Also, King David had to be deliberate in his looking at her. I don't think Bathsheba was trying to seduce him or something. I can't believe people are trying to pin this on Bathsheba. Besides King David should've been riding into battle with his men, not staying behind perving on women. There are bad girls of the Bible, but I don't believe Bathsheba was one of them.
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Yes, a beautiful, ritually-clean pickle. Poor David? Poor David? Come on! The palace was far from any other building, like Willie-T mentioned earlier. He had to be looking very deliberately and he probably asked who she was to cover up the fact that he was perving. She was the wife of one of his thirty mighty men. He would've known. And even if he looked, he didn't need to look again. Lust begins in the heart, we all know that.
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I've seen some pretty big pickles in my day. Lol. I'm guessing that since Bathsheba's husband was a pretty significant guy in Davids life that they had "partied" together. David knew who Bathsheba was...had seen her up close before...and his eventual sin was born before he saw her on that rooftop....as the size of a pickle.
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The story of David and Bathsheba is actually one that I get great hope from. That David could be reconciled with God is really awesome considering what he did. I'm an idiot but I've never had anyone murdered...lol. I'm not trying to compare sin or that my sin is somehow less than Davids but his was pretty dang bad. Lol
Jerusalem was a small place; David's house probably could have seen and overlooked the entire city. It's wrong to imagine this place as a big metropolis. And it was common to use the rooftops to do normal activities, hence the reason there was a law in Deuteronomy that people had to build a fence around their roof.
In any case, I do agree that Bathsheeba probably wasn't as innocent in life as people imagine. Look at how she supposedly received a deathbed wish from David that Solomon would be the heir to the throne. The whole scenario is a little suspicious (1 Kings 1). She seems to clearly be pulling some strings in 1 Kings 2 to have Solomon's potential rivals eliminated. She seems like she might be a little more calculating than is often imagined.
In any case, I do agree that Bathsheeba probably wasn't as innocent in life as people imagine. Look at how she supposedly received a deathbed wish from David that Solomon would be the heir to the throne. The whole scenario is a little suspicious (1 Kings 1). She seems to clearly be pulling some strings in 1 Kings 2 to have Solomon's potential rivals eliminated. She seems like she might be a little more calculating than is often imagined.
2 Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”4 David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am pregnant.” 2 Sam 11:2-5 NASB