Monday, June 14, 2010

June 14

2 Sam. 11:1-5
11In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with him; they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. 3David sent someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, ‘This is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.’ 4So David sent messengers to fetch her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house. 5The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, ‘I am pregnant.’



Blog Discussion Question: Uh oh. What do you suppose Bathsheba was thinking?

1 comment:

Pastor Jerry said...

In those days, I suspect that Bathsheba was very worried. Women were considered the property of men, and since she was under the rule of David, she surely was at David's mercy. He could decide to eliminate his problem by eliminating her......I suspect that she was worried!