Meaning
Bathsheba, or Bathshua (daughter of the oath), (2Samuel 11:3) etc., also called Bath-shua in (1Chronicles 3:5) the daughter of Eliam, (2Samuel 11:3) or Ammiel, (1Chronicles 3:5) the son of Ahithophel, (2Samuel 23:34) and wife of Uriah the Hittite. (B.C. 1035.) The child which was the fruit of her adulterous intercourse with David died; but after marriage she became the mother of four sons, Solomon, (Matthew 1:6) Shimea, Shobab and Nathan. When Adonijah attempted to set aside the succession promised to Solomon, Bath-sheba informed the king of the conspiracy. (1Kgs 1:11; 1Kgs 1:15; 1Kgs 1:23) After the accession of Solomon, she, as queen-mother, requested permission of her son for Adonijah to take in marriage Abishag the Shunammite. (1Kings 2:21-25)
