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Bathsheba, Bath-sheba, Bath-shua
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bath-she'-ba (the seventh daughter; the daughter
of satiety, daughter of the oath)
RELATED: Ahithophel, David, Nathan, Solomon, Uriah |
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a ( 1
Chronicles 3:5 ), was the daughter of Eliam ( 2
Samuel 11:3 ) or Ammiel ( 1
Chronicles 3:5 ), and wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery
with her ( 2
Samuel 11:4 , 11:5
; Psalms
51:1 ). The child born in adultery died ( 2
Samuel 12:15 - 19
). After her husband was slain ( 2
Samuel 11:15 ) she was married to David ( 2
Samuel 11:27 ), and became the mother of Solomon (2
Samuel 12:24 ; 1
Kings 1:11 ; 2:13
). She took a prominent part in securing the succession of Solomon to the throne
( 1
Kings 1:11 , 1:16
- 21
).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
the seventh daughter; the daughter of satiety
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(daughter of the oath) ( 2 Samuel 11:3 ) etc., also called Bath-shua in ( 1 Chronicles
3:5 ) the daughter of Eliam, ( 2 Samuel 11:3 ) or Ammiel, ( 1 Chronicles 3:5 )
the son of Ahithophel, ( 2 Samuel 23:34 ) and wife of Uriah the Hittite. (B.C.
1035.) The child which was the fruit of her adulterous intercourse with David
died; but after marriage she became the mother of four sons, Solomon, ( Matthew
1:6 ) Shimea, Shobab and Nathan. When Adonijah attempted to set aside the succession
promised to Solomon, Bath-sheba informed the king of the conspiracy. ( 1 Kings
1:11 , 1:15 , 1:23 ) After the accession of Solomon, she, as queen-mother, requested
permission of her son for Adonijah to take in marriage Abishag the Shunammite.
( 1 Kings 2:21 - 25 )
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
bath-she'-ba, bath'-she-ba (bath-shebha', "the seventh daughter," or "the daughter
of an oath," also called Bathshua bath- shua', "the daughter of opulence" (1 Chronicles
3:5); the Septuagint however reads Bersabee everywhere; compare BATHSHUA; HPN,
65, 67, 77, 206 for Bath-sheba, and 67, 69, note 3, for Bathshua):
Bath-sheba was the daughter of Eliam (2 Samuel 11:3) or Ammiel (1 Chronicles 3:5);
both names have the same meaning. She was the beautiful wife of Uriah the Hittite,
and because of her beauty was forced by David to commit adultery (2 Samuel 11:2
; Psalms 51). Her husband Uriah was treacherously killed by the order of David
(2 Samuel 11:6). After the death of her husband David made her his wife and she
lived with him in the palace (2 Samuel 11:27). Four sons sprang from this marriage
(2 Samuel 5:14 ; 1 Chronicles 3:5), after the first child, the adulterine, had
died (2 Samuel 12:14). With the help of the prophet Nathan she renders futile
the usurpation of Adonijah and craftily secures the throne for her son Solomon
(1 Kings 1:11). Later Adonijah succeeds in deceiving Bath-sheba, but his plan
is frustrated by the king (1 Kings 2:13). According to Jewish tradition, Proverbs
31 is written by Solomon in memory of his mother. In the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew
16) Bath-sheba is mentioned as the former wife of Uriah and the mother of Solomon
by David.
See ADONIJAH; AMMIEL; BATHSHUA; DAVID;
ELIAM; NATHAN; SOLOMON.
A. L. Breslich
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