BATH-SHEBA (BATHSHEBA)

Passages on this topic · 35

• 2 Samuel 11:2

  At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.

• 2 Samuel 11:3

  David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”

• 2 Samuel 11:4

  David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

• 2 Samuel 11:5

  The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

• 1 Kings 1:11

  Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn’t know it?

• 1 Kings 1:12

  Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and your son Solomon’s life.

• 1 Kings 1:13

  Go in to king David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord, king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?” Why then does Adonijah reign?’

• 1 Kings 1:14

  Behold, while you are still talking there with the king, I will also come in after you and confirm your words.”

• 1 Kings 1:15

  Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.

• 1 Kings 1:16

  Bathsheba bowed, and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”

• 1 Kings 1:17

  She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’

• 1 Kings 1:18

  Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it.

• 1 Kings 1:19

  He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn’t called Solomon your servant.

• 1 Kings 1:20

  You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

• 1 Kings 1:21

  Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”

• 1 Kings 1:22

  Behold, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

• 1 Kings 1:23

  They told the king, saying, “Behold, Nathan the prophet!” When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

• 1 Kings 1:24

  Nathan said, “My lord, king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?’

• 1 Kings 1:25

  For he has gone down today, and has slain cattle, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live king Adonijah!’

• 1 Kings 1:26

  But he hasn’t called me, even me your servant, Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.

• 1 Kings 1:27

  Was this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven’t shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

• 1 Kings 1:28

  Then king David answered, “Call Bathsheba in to me.” She came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.

• 1 Kings 1:29

  The king swore, and said, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

• 1 Kings 1:30

  most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.”

• 1 Kings 1:31

  Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord king David live forever!”

• 1 Kings 2:13

  Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?” He said, “Peaceably.

• 1 Kings 2:14

  He said moreover, I have something to tell you.” She said, “Say on.”

• 1 Kings 2:15

  He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from Yahweh.

• 1 Kings 2:16

  Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”

• 1 Kings 2:17

  He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”

• 1 Kings 2:18

  Bathsheba said, “Alright. I will speak for you to the king.”

• 1 Kings 2:19

  Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

• 1 Kings 2:20

  Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.”

• 1 Kings 2:21

  She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”

• 1 Chronicles 3:5

  and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;