Bathsheba - Her Legacy In Scripture

Bathsheba - Her Legacy In Scripture

Read 2 Samuel 11:1 – 12:25.

1. What part do you think Bathsheba played in the events of 2 Samuel 11:2 – 4? Totally innocent? Artful seductress? Something in between? Explain why you think so.

2. How do you think Bathsheba felt when she realized she was pregnant with David’s child? Why did she immediately tell him?

3. God called David a “man after my own heart” (Acts 13:22; cf. 1 Samuel 13:14). How could God say this, given the awful things he did to Bathsheba and Uriah?

4. What do you think Bathsheba was doing and feeling while her son got sick and died? Why do you think the Bible focuses on David’s response rather than hers?

5. Solomon’s name from the Lord was actually Jedidiah (2 Samuel 12:24 – 25), which means “loved by the LORD.” What sense of God’s restoration for Bathsheba and David does this name give you?

6. What does this story say to you about your own experience as a sinner and/or a victim of others’ sin?