Who was Bathsheba in the Bible?
Bathsheba was the most unlikely link between Israel’s two mos famous kings, David and Solomon. She was lover and wife to one and mother to the other. Her adultery with David almost brought an end to the family through which God planned to physically enter His world. Out of the ashes of that sin, however, God brought good. Eventually Jesus Christ, the salvation of mankind, was born to a descendant of David and Bathsheba.
David and Bathsheba’s story shows how little wrong decisions often lead to big mistakes. It is likely that both of them were where they shouldn’t have been at the time David saw Bathsheba bathing. Bathsheba probably shouldn’t have been bathing where she could have been seen and David should have been at war with his army. Each decision contributed to the beginning of a very sad series of events.
Bathsheba must have been devastated by the chain of events – unfaithfulness to her husband, discovery that she was pregnant, death of her husband and then the death of her child. We are told that David comforted her (2 Samuel 12:24), and that she lived to see another son, Solomom, sit on the throne.
From Bathsheba’s life we see that the little day-to-day choices we make are very important. They prepare us to make the right choices when the big decisions come. The wisdom to make the right choices in small and large matters is a gift from God. Understanding this would make us want to include God in our decision making process.
Do you asked God for His help with today’s decisions? Do you know Jesus?
Are you certain that you are going to heaven? If the answer is no or your not really sure and there is something stirring inside you at this very moment to do this, then all you have to do is say a small prayer and you can be assured of your name being added to the Book of Life. Go to the prayer of salvation and pray the words out loud and believe in your heart and you will be saved.
Bathsheba’s story is told in 2 Samuel 11, 12 and 1 Kings 1, 2. A related passage is Psalm 51.
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