Although Nathan is the third son raised by David and Bathsheba, he is the fourth born to Bathsheba. Next, described in 2 Samuel 12 and 13, David invited Uriah for dinner and got him drunk, figuring that intoxication will arouse Uriah's desire for Bathsheba. Featuring courses and local seminars on how to be a better witness in your community. The first is that everything in the Bible is worth learning on some level. Saul had no choice but to give Michal to David as his wife (1 Samuel 18:20-27). You can lean into Gods calling for your life and let him use your circumstances to create good. This is done to give Uriah the opportunity to go home and sleep with his wife so that he can pass as the father of Bathshebas child. The womens pagan backgrounds wooed Solomon away from truth and introduced Israel to idolatry. To establish his authority as the new king, Absalom took ten of his fathers concubines and slept with them in public (2 Samuel 16:15-23). Did King David Rape Bathsheba? Her future child(ren) would be raised within a context of sexual misconduct, manipulation, competition, cover-up, and violence just as Nathan predicted. We can learn much from his mistakes. Unfortunately, bad habits can be learned and passed on to our children if not challenged or corrected early. However, these lists only mention the wives that David had sons with, and the 1 Chronicles list ends with these were the sons of David, not including his sons born to concubines (1 Chronicles 3:9). Please do not comment in languages other than English. Abigail of Carmel(1 Chr 3:1)(2 Sam 3:3)(2 Sam 2:2) Article Images Copyright . On-demand Amazing Facts audio featuring a wealth of spiritual guidance and inspiration. They are all mentioned in 2 Samuel 3:2-5 and 1 Chronicles 3:1-3. It was not David's best or brightest moment. (2 Samuel 12:11-12) Although David fasted and prayed for a week for his baby to survive, God did not answer his request. She gave birth to . His first six sons, recorded in 2 Samuel 3:1-5 and 1 Chronicles 3:1-4, are: 1. After Abigail told her husband that she saved him, Nabal had a heart attack and died. Unfortunately for Adonijah, God had already chosen Solomon, Bathsheba's son, as David's successor. This story shows that God can redeem us even after we have wandered far off the path.