She suffers for David’s sin, as subjects always do when their leader is recalcitrant. Pinning the blame equally on Bathsheba ignores how God assesses the story through Nathan. It ignores the ...

Scholars such as George Athas, Richard Davidson, Cheryl Exum and David and Diana Garland likewise argue that David raped Bathsheba. But really we need only use our own eyes and heart to see this ...

Even according to David and Nathan, David’s sin isn’t merely that he slept with Bathsheba, but that he did so in a way mired by his exploitation of power, deception, and self-gain. The power ...

Realizing how complicated his relationship and pregnancy with Bathsheba had become, David then ordered Uriah into battle, where he was slain. As a result of the king’s sin, the prophet Nathan ...

The biblical story of David and Bathsheba is as dramatic as it is ambiguous: A powerful man sees a beautiful stranger and summons her. She becomes pregnant. The man clumsily tries to cover it up ...

Thanks for joining us, and a special welcome to first-time readers. Today we study 2 Samuel 11, the story of David and Bathsheba, one of the most famous and dramatic chapters in the Old Testament ...

In fact, our Sages seem to suggest that the Tanach has two objectives for recording the story of David and Bathsheba. The first is to teach us about the power of teshuvah.

David and Bathsheba This is a big picture in every respect. The reign of King David projects the Old Testament in broad sweeps, depicting the obligation of David (Gregory Peck) to his subjects ...