Talk:Uriah the Hittite

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Did Bathsheba want to have sex with David?

Maybe. The Bible does say "he was ruddy, and fine in appearance with handsome features." —Angr 12:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The answer to your question is a probable yes. First of all, Bethsheba's husband had been away for untold months at war. David, even though he was about 40 years old at this time, was a good looking guy (as stated in 1 Samuel 16). Third, he's the flippin king of Israel! What woman nowadays has not had some fantasy about some celebrity guy in the news, but David was the king, and still a rather youthful king. Added to that, there are absolutely no records of Bathsheba putting up any protest or any resistance whatsoever. So from all of the peripherals just stated above we can assume that Bathsheba might have had the slightest temptation to go to bed with the king. ManofRenown87 04:52, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

-----------he was the king and she was a soldier's wife! Although no indication of rape is in the biblical account, she probably did not feel she had any choice in the matter. WBardwin (talk) 23:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biblical account

I just reverted an edit by User:SamuelTheGhost. Rather than restating the Biblical account, I believe that more information relating to the "Hittite" designation of Uriah, which is found in the Bible, can be drawn from scholarly sources. WBardwin (talk) 23:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure you do. So wouldn't it be a good idea to cite them? That's what WP:RS means. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 08:15, 4 June 2008 (UTC)