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Bathsheba
During David's war against the Ammonites for the city of Rabbah, David committed the greatest sin of his life. While walking upon the roof of his house late one evening, he obsrved a very beautiful woman bathing in a house nearby. He became infatuated with her appearance and sent a messenger to inquire who she was. He soon discovered that her name was Bathsheba, and that she was the wife of Uriah, Joab's armor-bearer, who was with Joab fighting the Ammonites. This information caused the king to contrive a heinous plan by which he could possess Bathsheba.
He sent word to Joab, ordering that Uriah be brought to him. When Uriah answered David's summons, David received him with kindness and the pretensions of friendship, but when David sent Uriah back to the army, he wrote to Joab, secretly instructing him to arrange for Uriah's death during battle.
All was done as David had commanded, and Uriah fell fighting at the gates of Rabbah after proving himself to have been the most valorious man of all Israel.
Bathsheba soon became pregnant with David's child. The Lord proclaimed his punishment on David for what he had done to Uriah. Bathsheba and David's child was stricken with disease and soon died. David was repentant and contrite and accepted the Lord's decree. This earned him the favor of God, who comforted him with forgiveness. After Bathsheba and David were lawfully married, God gave them another child, Solomon, who was afterward the glory of his kingdom.
On this page you'll find five images of Bathsheba taken from my collection of antique Bibles and story books. You're welcomed to use these pictures of Bathsheba in your artistic creations. Click on the Bathsheba illustrations below to see more details about saving a free Bathsheba image or about purchasing the images of Bathsheba at a higher resolution.
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