Bathsheba (bath-SHEE-buh) — Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, later a wife of King David, the mother of Solomon, and an influential queen mother at the royal succession.
Birth year: Unknown.
Death year: Unknown.
Active during: The reign of David and the beginning of Solomon’s reign, commonly placed in the tenth century BC.
Home region: Jerusalem.
Main passages: 2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 1–2.
Story and role
Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, later a wife of King David, the mother of Solomon, and an influential queen mother at the royal succession.
How the dates were determined
The biblical text places Bathsheba in the reign of David and the beginning of Solomon’s reign, commonly placed in the tenth century BC. It does not provide enough evidence for a responsible birth or death year. BC means “before Christ”; AD marks years in the traditional Christian calendar.
Limits of the evidence
Scripture does not give Bathsheba’s birth year, death year, private thoughts, or ability to refuse David’s summons. Her exact ancestry and later years remain uncertain. The artwork is an imagined historical illustration, not a known likeness.
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Read further
2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 1–2, NIV; BiblicalTraining reference library.