Talk:Bathsheba

Bathsheba wanted to attract the king?
There is no biblical indication that Bathsheba herself was trying to attract the king, nor was there that she was a life-long supporter. I feel like the info given for that violates the rule of stating what the Bible says rather than interpretations. There is also no direct biblical support that she was arranged to marry Uriah. I understand that is part of the cultural customs, but there are multiple points that don't seem like they have direct biblical support, and are not major enough to require a cultural explanation. The other thing I noted was an interrogative sentence in the context (which infers to a second person subject) Signed.... Superdadsuper. 01:00 Feb 7, 2016 (UTC)


 * The indication is in the recorded fact that she was bathing outdoors, rather than inside. As for the "life-long supporter," your rewording is a bit odd, but yes, the name of her father ONLY appears one other place, in relation to David's elite forces. David was on the run for over 15 years during the days of Saul.  He had his band of supporters, including Eliam.


 * We don't have "direct biblical support" about some very important doctrines, so that line of argument should not be used here. Implications abound.  Stale restatement of raw facts does not help the reader understand a passage.  We sometimes have to look between the lines, and connect some dots, to grasp what is going on.


 * I took out the interrogative, though it was within the Etymology and not in the "context." That part is for teaching what is not evident "on the surface."  In those two paragraphs I was illustrating that Etymology can shed a light on supposed contradictions.  If I cannot inadvertently address the reader there, what is my alternative?  Should I choose one version and ignore the parallel account that is different?  There obviously were not two wives that had four children with the same names.  So people ask questions.  I pre-empt controversy.
 * --SouthWriter (talk) 01:23, February 7, 2016 (UTC)


 * About Bathsheba trying to attract the king, read this passage from The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary:
 * "Either at the well in the court-yard of her house or, as some suggest, in her chamber, the casements being open. “In either case, the place was private, visible only from a neighbouring roof; and in the East people refrain from looking down from a roof into neighbouring courts, so that it is an unfounded suggestion that Bathsheba was purposely bathing in an exposed place in order to attract the king’s gaze.” (Tr. of Lange’s Commentary.)"


 * Considering this, it is unlikely that she was trying attract the king. I suggest we remove any claim in the article saying she was.

Sign Up for Bible Weekly 19:16, November 29, 2016 (UTC)
 * About Ahithophel arranging the marriage, Eliam would have been the one who would have arranged the marriage. Chances are, Uriah went to Eliam to have the wedding arranged, instead of Eliam going to Uriah (or his father). Ahithophel likely had nothing to do with their wedding, although he could have been used to pull a few strings behind the scenes. Since the Bible speaks nothing of how Uriah and Bathsheba were married, we shouldn't discuss it.A Child of God (talk)