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1After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines. 2He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

3David also struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River. 4David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for one hundred chariots. 5When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians. 6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went. 7David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

9When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer, 10then Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him; for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. Joram brought with him vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze. 11King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued— 12of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt. 14He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

15David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people. 16Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder, 17Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe, 18Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

Person

Bathsheba

Also called Bath-sheba, Bath-shua
Father Eliam
Spouse DavidUriah
Biography | Hershel Wayne House

Bathsheba was originally the wife of Uriah and later became the wife of David and the mother of Solomon. While Uriah was away on military duty, David seduced Bathsheba. To cover up the ensuing pregnancy, David summoned Uriah from the battlefield, pretending to seek an update on the army's progress, and tried to persuade him to go home and sleep with Bathsheba. However, Uriah, adhering to ritual abstinence, refused. In desperation, David arranged for Uriah to be placed on the front lines, where he was killed. After Uriah's death, David married Bathsheba.

The prophet Nathan denounced this marriage and foretold the death of Bathsheba's child, which came to pass. Their second child, Solomon, was favored by God and eventually succeeded David as king instead of his older half-brother Adonijah. When Adonijah sought to marry Abishag the Shunammite, he asked Bathsheba to mediate the request to Solomon. Bathsheba conveyed the request, but Solomon denied it and executed Adonijah for his audacity. References: 2 Sam 11:2-12:25; 1 Kings 1:11-31; 2:13-25; 1 Chronicles 3:5; Ps 51.

Bathsheba does appear in the genealogy of Jesus but is not mentioned by name: "Matt 1:6 Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife." See the discussion in Women in the Genealogy of Jesus (1:3-6), 

 https://hvsb.app/WEB/MAT/1/doc/Nm4dmZWllb06iXrFuNlP.

Person & place data: Theographic Bible Metadata by Robert Rouse (Viz.Bible), CC BY-SA 4.0.