Bible Person

Bathsheba

Meaning: the seventh daughter; the daughter of satiety · Female · 12 cross references

Bathsheba is the wife of Uriah and later the wife of David, a woman drawn into one of the most consequential sin-and-succession stories in the monarchy narratives. She is also known under an alternate form of her name in Chronicles and appears with some variation in immediate family naming across parallel records, but her narrative role is clear: she becomes the mother of Solomon and an active figure in the transition to his reign. First appears in 2 Sam 11:3.1

AI summary: Bathsheba matters because the cross references place her at the intersection of royal abuse, grief, repentance, and dynastic future. She is first seen in the story of David's adultery and Uriah's death, but the narrative does not leave her there: she later bears Solomon and works strategically with Nathan to secure his succession. This means her biblical role extends well beyond victimhood into the politics of royal continuity. Taken together, the material presents Bathsheba as a deeply important royal woman whose life is bound to both the darkest failures and the continuing future of David's house.1

Central Figure

Bathsheba

Meaning: the seventh daughter; the daughter of satiety

Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu’a (1 Chr.