This is why it matters that we get it right that David raped Bathsheba. Victims will be denied justice as long as we can’t come to terms with clergy rape as rape.

This is why it matters that we get it right that David raped Bathsheba. Victims will be denied justice so long as we can’t come to terms with clergy rape as rape.

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 ...

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 ...

David seduces Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, and impregnates her. He later orders that Uriah be placed in the front ranks of the fighting, where Uriah is killed.

By confiding in David, Bathsheba actively puts him in a position of responsibility—a smart move, considering that, at the time, the penalty for adultery was stoning.

In 2 Samuel 11, David and Bathsheba had an affair which proved disastrous for their families and their kingdom. David’s other, more heroic deeds have offset this blot on his reputation, ...

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 ...

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 ...