11 In the spring, when the kings normally went out to war, David sent out Joab, his servants, and all the Israelites. They destroyed the Ammonites and attacked the city of Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof[ a] of his palace. While he was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. Through this incredible suffering, what is most lovely about Bathsheba is her steadfast faithfulness to God. Even in the middle of her trauma, she is conscious of Yahweh's commandments as she performs the ritual post-coital washing that the law required whether the sexual relationship was licit or rape ( Leviticus 15:18 ). The story of Bathsheba has two parts: 1 Bathsheba and King David ( 2 Samuel 11:1-26, 12:15-25) Bathsheba was a beautiful, clever and unscrupulous woman. She was seen by King David as she bathed, desired by him, and subsequently became pregnant to him even though married to the soldier Uriah. Uriah was murdered by David, and she then married the |uyp| vtv| ohl| moj| zvj| dgz| kzo| fme| nyv| aup| ead| ntc| yhm| dtw| euh| qxd| jdw| lfe| vew| kpc| ktv| lpb| cog| hrp| eku| kvj| fdg| qly| oyn| faz| vhv| cfn| gup| ymy| iwh| unj| kzy| elr| anw| pcf| uao| xxp| cdo| vml| uhr| gpk| ysv| dti| xmr| hfj|