Story of David and Bathsheba

[Kaycie]

That's assuming a whole lot. Also, she was bathing on the roof because that's where people bathed and did all kinds of things. Seems to me that King David was a perv.

We can only guess, but it reminds me of this song...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJbYWPEaxw

 

[VioletReigns]

She was bathing on the roof in public, within David's view. My thought is that she wanted to be in David's view. That she was fishing for a king so that she could be a queen. But I don't know what God knows, and I'm not her Judge.

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THERE HAS BEEN A FAILURE ON THE INTERNETS....... AGAIN.

You did not even bother to read 2nd Samuel 11, did you?


Hint: Bathsheba was NOT on a roof.

Ok.............. I'm outta here.

 

[Magenta]

David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

This does not make sense. If she was menstruating, she would not have gotten pregnant.

 

[BradC]

This story is a great one because we learn the heart of David who had a heart after God. From Nathan's rebuke to losing his son with Bathsheba we see the direction of David's heart. Then in (Psalm 51) David pours his heart out to the Lord. David's sins were great but God's mercies were greater. We also have the sure mercies of David (Is 55:3, Acts 13:34).

 

[Sirk]

When I think about outward sin, it think that it begins with a thought. I don't think David just woke up and decided to do what he did. The precursor to his actions was a mind that was entertaining the possibility. He had fostered the event in his mind for some time before. Just my opinion.

 

[GuessWho]

1. David was on his roof, NOT Bathsheba

Bathsheba was in a place where David could see her. Could be the roof of her house.

2. Bathsheba was washing as was the custom of Jewish women for purification (which lasted at least a week)

We don't know that.

3. The Bible says NOTHING of her being nude - women washed portions of their body at a time, she could have been washing her feet for all we know

I am inclined to believe she was naked even if the Bible doesn't specifically say that. It says that David saw how beautiful she was while she was taking a bath. It's kind of implied that she was naked.

4. David took Bathsheba and then sent her back home defiled when he was done using her

David sent some of his servants for Bathsheba. The Bible says "she came to him". No force implied. You can't take a married woman out of her house using force and bring her to the king without raising suspicions among people.

5. Bathsheba could have been stoned for adultery and shamed her entire family when she became pregnant

Yes. The shame would fall over the king too. All jews are supposed to obey God's commandments, not only Bathsheba. That's why david gets so desperate in trying to make Uriah have sex with Bathsheba. People expect the king to obey God, not to give in to lust like someone who can't control his hormones.

6. Bathsheba put her life in King David's hands when she sent word to him that he got her pregnant

Since she didn't got pregnant alone...

7. Bathsheba mourned for her husband Uriah when David had him killed

Yes.

8. God told Nathan the prophet that David was guilty of stealing "a poor man's ewe" and of murdering Uriah

Yes. God wasn't pleased with what David did. Sleeping with the wife of another man and than kill the man to hide what he did. The moral is: you can't hide from God.

9. God held David accountable and his household was cursed with violence

Yes. It's the consequence of sin.

10. Bathsheba was not held accountable by God for David's sin, God said she was stolen (taken against her will) She wasn't seduced or led into sin -- she was STOLEN.

She wasn't held accountable for her sin because David is the instigator of all this. The question in the opening is focusing on Bathsheba too. It does not say she was stolen. It says "she came to him/to David".

 

[GuessWho]

This story is a great one because we learn the heart of David who had a heart after God. From Nathan's rebuke to losing his son with Bathsheba we see the direction of David's heart. Then in (Psalm 51) David pours his heart out to the Lord. David's sins were great but God's mercies were greater. We also have the sure mercies of David (Is 55:3, Acts 13:34).

Exactly. It would be unfair to remember David only for these sins that he repented for and was forgiven for.

 

[Annabeth]

Bathsheba was in a place where David could see her. Could be the roof of her house.



We don't know that.



I am inclined to believe she was naked even if the Bible doesn't specifically say that. It says that David saw how beautiful she was while she was taking a bath. It's kind of implied that she was naked.



David sent some of his servants for Bathsheba. The Bible says "she came to him". No force implied. You can't take a married woman out of her house using force and bring her to the king without raising suspicions among people.



Yes. The shame would fall over the king too. All jews are supposed to obey God's commandments, not only Bathsheba. That's why david gets so desperate in trying to make Uriah have sex with Bathsheba. People expect the king to obey God, not to give in to lust like someone who can't control his hormones.



Since she didn't got pregnant alone...



Yes.



Yes. God wasn't pleased with what David did. Sleeping with the wife of another man and than kill the man to hide what he did. The moral is: you can't hide from God.



Yes. It's the consequence of sin.



She wasn't held accountable for her sin because David is the instigator of all this. The question in the opening is focusing on Bathsheba too. It does not say she was stolen. It says "she came to him/to David".

I agree 100% with your assessment.