Alternative Views of Bathsheba in the David and Bathsheba Story

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The previous post, post number 8 of 23, was the third post in a series of five posts discussing Bathsheba’s “Victimhood”.

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(c) Fight Back

This option is similar to flight. Given David’s position relative to Bathsheba, in fact, given David’s position period, fighting him would not seem to be a viable option. The wife of a soldier fighting the king might be considered as inciting a coup d’état or even a civil war. As such, unless Bathsheba had powerful backers such as Nathan or David’s sons, fighting David would not seem to be possible. We are told nothing in the text which would lead us to conclude that Bathsheba went to such powerful backers.

The text does not seem to support a conclusion that Bathsheba fought back.

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