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The song "Dead" from the 1989 album Doolittle by the Pixies depicts David's lust for Bathsheba, the pregnancy resulting from their adultery, and Uriah's demise. Bathsheba and Uriah are mentioned by name. [44] "Mad About You", a song on Sting's 1991 album The Soul Cages, explores David's obsession with Bathsheba from David's perspective. [45]
David and Abishag by Pedro Américo, 1879 Abisag, Bathsheba, Solomon, and Nathan tend to the aging David, c. 1435. In the Hebrew Bible, Abishag (/ ˈ æ b ɪ ʃ æ ɡ /; Hebrew: אבישג Avishag) was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. [1]
"David Entrusts a Letter to Uriah." In the Musée Condé, Chantilly.. David's mighty men were a group of his best 37 fighters (later expanded to around 80). Although the lists of his mighty men (2 Samuel 23:8–39 & 1 Chronicles 11:10–47) are given after David has become king, many of them may have been the loyal followers who stayed with him when he was fleeing King Saul.
David realized his sin on sleeping with Bathsheba in the eyes of the law (Deuteronomy 22:22), so he tried to cast paternity of Bathsheba's pregnancy on Uriah. [17] Under the pretext of getting news about the battle against Ammon David called Uriah from the battleground; he then persuaded him to go home and 'wash your feet', a euphemism for ...
A. David sends Joab and the army to attack Rabbah (11:1) B. David sleeps with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah (11:2–5) C. David and Uriah: David arranges Uriah's death (11:6–13) D. David to Joab: Uriah must die (11:14–17) E. Joab to David: Joab's news comes to David (11:18–25) F. David ushers the wife of Uriah into his house.
David's abundance of wives and concubines is emphasized, alongside his adulterous affair with Bathsheba, and that he only experienced impotence as an old man, while having his five-year-old son Jonathan at his death. [10]
[b] When David acknowledges that he has sinned, [70] Nathan advises him that his sin is forgiven and he will not die, [71] but the child will. [72] In fulfillment of Nathan's words, the child born of the union between David and Bathsheba dies, and another of David's sons, Absalom, fueled by vengeance and lust for power, rebels. [73]
When Bathsheba becomes pregnant, David sends for Uriah, hoping his spending time with Bathsheba will cover her pregnancy. David's wife Michal, who knows about the affair, tells David that Uriah did not return home; he slept at the castle, as a sign of loyalty to his king. David orders Uriah to the front line while withdrawing his own troops ...