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Bathsheba (/bæθˈʃiːbə/ or /ˈbæθʃɪbə/; Hebrew: בַּת־שֶׁבַע, Baṯ-šeḇaʿ, Bat-Sheva or Batsheva, "daughter of Sheba" or "daughter of the oath") was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible. She was the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as king, making her the Gebirah (queen mother). She is best known for the Biblical narrative in which she was summoned by King David, who had seen her bathing and lusted after her. Jean-Léon Gérôme's depiction of Bathsheba bathing watched by David. Bathsheba was the daughter of Eliam (2 Samuel 11:3, Ammiel in 1 Chronicles 3:5).[3] An Eliam is mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:34 as the son of Ahithophel, who is described as the Gilohite.
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In this “catalog” hymn, the first and final stanzas frame inner verses each based on one of the women included in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-16), including Tamar (Gen. 38), Rahab (Joshua 2), Ruth (Ruth), Bathsheeba (2 Sam. 11:1-13:24), as well as Mary, the mother of Jesus (Matt. 1:1-15, Luke 2:26-56). Each stanza ends with the refrain: “If God could find a use for them, their faithfulness ignite, then surely God can use us too, as bearers of the light.”
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