Re-marriage?

Sounds like you're blaming the woman here!

I think it is highly likely that Bathsheba felt pressured. That possibly mitigates her responsibility a bit. After all, David was the monarch.

Good luck on refusing that one without death. Hey, if he was willing to commit adultery and to kill the husband later--maybe he was an intimidating figure to Bathsheba.

 

Hold up, yall. Bathsheba was just taking a bath. She didnt make the move. He's the one who sent the messengers to get her. When the king says come, ya come. Right? The text mentions that when her husband died, she grieved. I dont think she was the "little hommmmmmmmeee......wrecker" that she is often accused of being.

 

I agree Tater. I think we put way too much on her.

 

Tiny stands corrected...

David was the home wrecker.
But does that make Bathseba innocent?..

Did she have a choice, and if she didn't have a choice, wasn't that sorta a form of rape?

Now there's an angle.

 

WEll Nathan did prophesy about the immoral future of David's line. His son raped his sister. They boys followed in Daddy's footsteps. And God still saw him as a man after His own heart. Amazing isnt it?

We cant really say if it was rape or not. We arent told much about Bathsheba's response.

 

I stand amazed at how much God loves me. .. with all my failures.

 

Yeah, me too, Tiny. Cause you got quite a few :saint:

Nah, I know exactly what you mean. Blows my mind sometimes that He knows us to the core and loves us and allows us to serve anyway.