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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
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Bathsheba had grown up admiring the handsome, charismatic king David. It had been an exhilarating time in Israel’s history, and her dad Eliam, one of David’s might men, had been all wrapped up in the thick of it, close with David ever since the young shepherd had been on the lam, running from King Saul. Her grandfather, the godly and spiritual Ahithophel, was one of David’s most trusted advisors, whose godly wisdom was deeply valued.
What must that have been like for those young families, living in tents, the air crackling with anticipation, watching the mighty men as they gathered around in their recon missions, talking through their strategies.
Year after year these battle-hardened men went to war, consolidating the Promised Land into the nation of God, ridding the land of Canaanite people groups, and always pushing the Philistines back. It’s no surprise that, as this young beauty reached maturity, Bathsheba’s father would marry her to another one of the mighty men, David’s close friend and a member of his royal guard. His name was Uriah the Hittite. Most likely he had converted to Judaism, and had certainly shown great loyalty to David, and to Israel.
There is not doubt Bathsheba was able to enjoy being with her husband the first year they married, for God had instructed all Israel that
“If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.”
Deuteronomy 24:5
But when the following spring came, that all changed.
King David sent his army-including Uriah-with General Joab, off to war, while the king stayed home.
So the story begins. Was Bathsheba a seductress? Was she innocent? Was this an affair or a rape? Or neither, since the mores of that time were different than our own today?
And what did God think of all this--the man identified as one after God's own heart, and the woman identified as a lamb?
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So helpful. Thanks for the vulnerability, revelation, faith and wisdom shared. The arrow hit the mark by the time you presented those distinctions between remorse, penance and real repentance. It’s incredible that God redeems the bloodline and blessings of Ahithophel through Bathsheba and Solomon.
We have that advantage of reading the whole story and see the amazing golden thread God weaves into and through all these stories. Thank you for taking time to write encouragement, I so appreciate it. May God grow us always in full repentance, to God's glory and our good. Grace and peace.
Thank you so much for making this video..God worked through you to give this message. Thank you so so much. 🙏 definitely will be subscribing to you.
So thankful there was something there for you!
This names is a Hebrews names..bathseba, n...ol testaments,
David was not a good guy 😢
I know that feeling. David has, unfairly, been put on a pedestal where he didn’t belong. He, like most people, had good qualities and bad ones. Maybe the two qualities that prompted God to call him a man after God’s own heart were David’s ability to love his sons so passionately even when his sons strayed so terribly, and David’s longing to be close with God.
David was definitely not good to women, overall, even though he showed great kindness to Abigail. And though he might be one Israel’s most beloved kings, and even though his lineage is the one God protected as the kingly line of Jesus, the Bible itself does not call David the godliest or best king. That title goes to Josiah.
@@GraceandPeaceJoanne also in his last days. They had to marry him a young wife to keep him warm. I always wondered why his many wives did not want to stay with him in his last days. I will think that is what a loving wife will want to do. Thank you for taking the time to reply. I just discovered your channel and I have been so blessed.