David's a fabulous king—victory abroad, and a fantastic domestic policy at home. He "delivered justice and equity to all his people." Equity—that's an interesting word. So far, the Bible hasn't been ...

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 ...

Could Uriah have accidentally or intentionally read that letter before the battle — and then brokenheartedly gone to his death? Had he heard rumors of David and Bathsheba and resigned himself to die ...

The Bible insists that I pay attention to David, that I regard his life. But it disturbs me to do so. I am angry with David after he rapes Bathsheba. Even when he is told that she is the daughter of ...

The Hebrew Bible perhaps considers no woman as beautiful or as involved in a sex scandal as King David's most famous wife, Bathsheba. The text goes out of its way to speak of Bathsheba's beauty, yet ...

Prolific novelist Hunt (Esther) adds the biblical story of Bathsheba to her Dangerous Beauty series. Bathsheba is happily married to Uriah, who is off on a military campaign when her rooftop bath ...

The story of King David and his son Absalom in the 11th through the 19th chapters of the Book of Second Samuel is one of a family gone tragically wrong. The story begins with David’s adultery with ...

When the Hebrew prophet Nathan confronted King David over his adultery with Bathsheba and his murder of Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah the Hittite, he cleverly used a parable to trick David into ...