Bathsheba

When we go to church, the preachers barely mention horrible events, sex, or violence happening in the Bible. Thompson gave an example of Tamar, who was raped by her brother Amnon. Dinah, Bathsheba, and some other women are also being mistreated by men who are close to them. Thompson stated, “As daughter and wives, they (women) are assumed to belong to fathers and husbands, subject to the control of men.” At that time women have no voice or power compares to men and thy are barely mentioned in…

multiple wives which was against God’s covenant with Israel (Deuteronomy 17:17, NIV). He also committed adultery with Bathsheba as a result of lust and then tried to murder her husband to cover his tracks (2 Samuel 11, NIV). David did not exercise a mature thought process nor did he thoroughly think through the situation prior to committing these acts. As a result both David, Bathsheba and the kingdom…

married to Michal first. After she was sent away to marry someone else, David had to flee the land. When David fled he met someone else and married them. As the story progresses David took on more wives and also concubines. He saw a woman named Bathsheba bathing publicly and had lust for her. He sought her out and had intercourse with her and she became pregnant by him. She was married during this time and her husband was off to war. David schemed to make the pregnancy look like her…

and to represent the war scene, direct has to put violence scene, but it is not to encourage people to do violence action. He is just showing the historical event. Also, David took Bathsheba, who is a married woman (2 Samuel 11). He used his power to take a woman, who has a husband. David sent Uriah, husband of Bathsheba, in the battle field and had sex with her, so she pregnant David’s child. David ended up planning to kill Uriah that sent him in the front line of the battle. Uriah died and…

In Biblical times it was a crime that usually ended in punishment. For example the story of David and Bathsheba, even though Bathsheba was married, she had sex with David and had gotten pregnant, David in turn had her husband put into a position during fighting that would have him killed, and after a while David and Bathsheba were married and they had a son and named him Solomon. In today’s society “adultery is an all-to-common behavior” (Jones, 2006, p. 103), as…

In a world riddled with scams, moral failure and ethical oversteps, Wayde Goodall writes an excellent book on the reason so many leaders fail and sell their future for a momentary pleasure. The book, Why Great Men Fall gives insights to the specific decisions, choices and errors many leaders of the Bible and contemporary history have made which led to their demise; and at the same time, Goodall provides practical steps that up and coming leaders should take in order to finish well. Among his…

The High Cost of Sin David was a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22), and one of the most talented characters of the Old Testament. He was not only a king, he was a poet, a musician, a mighty warrior and humble. David was brave enough to kill a lion and a bear, and noble enough that he refused to kill Saul, for he was God’s anointed. (I Samuel 26:23) David was a good man; he was one of God’s favorites; yet, he fell into deep sin and the Bible doesn’t hide the scars on him. “It happened in…

David seventeen sons gather at the royal court and they all claimants to the throne. Among them there was a mere boy, according to Jewish legend, barely 12 years old his name is Solomon. Solomon's mother Bathsheba approaches the frail king's bedside and she said unto him “my lord you swore to your servant by the lord your God saying your son Solomon shall succeed me as king and shall sit on my throne.” (first king 1:17). David has many sons that wants to inherit the throne, but he fulfill…

tapestry, said to be from the Gobelin looms, and, at all events, representing the Scriptural story of David and Bathsheba, and Nathan the Prophet, in colors still unfaded, but which made the fair woman of the scene almost as grimly picturesque as the woe-denouncing seer” (111). This quote represents one of the many biblical references in the book. The scriptural story of David and Bathsheba represents the affair between Dimmesdale and Hester, while Nathan the Prophet exemplifies Chillingworth,…

recognition, perks and service without having to work for them. Goodall gives the example of why King David would settle for a one-night stand with Bathsheba. David believe he deserved her. Perhaps David thought, “I’m the king, I can do anything I want, and I’ve earned the right. I am entitled to this.”12 However, the results were devastating for David, Bathsheba, Uriah and their descendants. In fact, Goodall points out that entitlement does not just affect the leader in negative ways, he says,…